mrcrazypants05
Aquarium Advice Freak
3 weeks into my new tank and high levels of Nitrite, Hardness, Alkalinity, and pH. Im sort of new to the whole aquarium thing so I can use all the great advice that you guys can give me. You can see the size of my tank and all the fish in it in my sig down below. Anyway, to get to the point of my post... Ive had my tank running for about 3 weeks now. I now have all the fish that im gonna get, but i might buy more danios and neons to make up after my water is right... I haven't changed my water yet, so I'm going to do that either tomorrow or sunday. One of the LFS sells reverse osmosis freshwater for $0.45 a gallon. Would it be okay to do like a 25% partial water change and add the LFS water to my water? I treated my water with chemicals before, but i didn't do anything to the hardness of the water. What are your suggestions for bringing down pH and alkalinity and nitrite. I believe its the nitrate thats the only thing that is real safe right now.