Recent content by StrikeJohnson

Thanks, but I don't think thats it. It was peace river gravel. It's supposed to be pH neutral. I can tell that 8.8 on the high Ph scale is purple. That's what is worrying me. The scale goes from orange/rusty colors to purple and my reading is a much darker reddish purple, which is not on the...

We don't have treated water through the city. We have a well. I used Caribsea instant substrate. It came with a small packet of Tetra Safestart. Use Prime water conditioner during water changes. We don't have any chlorine in the water, but I still use Prime because it is supposed to help with...

I just switched from API test strips to the API liquid test. Everything was about the same except pH. With the new liquid tests, my results were too blue to register on the low pH test and too red to register on the high pH test. Is my water really above 8.8? It is a 20 gallon high tank with two...

Thanks. I thought daily water changes seemed excessive, but that's what everything I read said to do. Guess I'll scale it back a bit.

This is my very first tank, and I could use some help. My tank has been set up for exactly 5 weeks. 20 gallon high with Penguin Bio-wheel. Have been cycling with 7 small zebra danio. Using API liquid test kits to check the levels daily, I have only ever gotten readings for ammonia and never...