Fltekdiver
Aquarium Advice Regular
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- Jan 29, 2013
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Hi,
First post here, great forum
I have a 3-4 month old 40 gallon breeder FW tank set up. I have a community tank, with about 8 fish In it, 2 mollies, 2 dwarf gourami , and 4 red tetras
My Filtration is. Fuval 405 with sponges as the first media, bio balls in the 2nd basket, activated carbon, then zeolite carbon, and a polishing pad at the top.
I also have a algae media in on the brackets towards the top to help with algae build up.
My lighting is LED light, I use daylight for 8 hours and blue ( moon lights ) a hour or two each morning and evening before the lights go off completely
I am having two issues:
My natural water from my house is 8.2 PH
So I'm gradually bringing down my PH with a PH neutralizer in a 2-3 week period down to 7.0
Right now I'm down to 7.8 PH from 8.2 over the past 10 days
Other issue is media
I'm reading to use activated carbon but then I read don't use it. Same with the zeolite carbon
Excuses my spelling , I don't have the box's in front of me, not even sure if I'm pronouncing them correctly
Thanks for your help
First post here, great forum
I have a 3-4 month old 40 gallon breeder FW tank set up. I have a community tank, with about 8 fish In it, 2 mollies, 2 dwarf gourami , and 4 red tetras
My Filtration is. Fuval 405 with sponges as the first media, bio balls in the 2nd basket, activated carbon, then zeolite carbon, and a polishing pad at the top.
I also have a algae media in on the brackets towards the top to help with algae build up.
My lighting is LED light, I use daylight for 8 hours and blue ( moon lights ) a hour or two each morning and evening before the lights go off completely
I am having two issues:
My natural water from my house is 8.2 PH
So I'm gradually bringing down my PH with a PH neutralizer in a 2-3 week period down to 7.0
Right now I'm down to 7.8 PH from 8.2 over the past 10 days
Other issue is media
I'm reading to use activated carbon but then I read don't use it. Same with the zeolite carbon
Excuses my spelling , I don't have the box's in front of me, not even sure if I'm pronouncing them correctly
Thanks for your help