water test

[godzuki]

evening peeps

I did "my" first water test today (i usually get it done at the LFS) and well everything came up perfect , now I did this test before I did a water change and so I decided to ask all your excellent advice before doing a water change

now should I maybe leave it another week and do a 50% again or should I do it this week at a 10 to 20% and do I need to test the water again after I change the water???

thanks y'all

kiss kiss
godzuki

 

[WILDER]

It's not advised to do large water changes as it stresses the fish out, also if you have left the tank for a while without a water change the ph of tank can be different from your tap ph, so I think it's best to do a weekly water change of 10 to 20%.

 

[godzuki]

thank you

I live in a area of scotland where our water is very soft and contains NO chlorine, will this help to keep the water nice and healthy?

kiss kiss
godzuki

 

[WILDER]

Only way to keep water nice and healthy is doing weekly gravel vacs and water changes, you do use a declorinator for the water.

 

[godzuki]

of course!!!

kiss kiss
godzuki

 

[paulthegreat]

I do a gravel vac and 40% water change every week to ten days based on my nitrate levels. Once a month I remove the shells and roots and other things(not the plants of course) to do a deeper gravel vac to get the crud that settles on the bottom. This helps to get a lot of the tiny snails out as well.

PTG