Sooo I ordered some ghost shrimp and they were shipping well more then I would be able to handel in my community. So I set up one of my old reptile terrariums (one of the plastice ones with the holes in the top for water bottles). I threw some Java moss in there so the shrimp will be happy. Well I got the call they are shipping the shrimp and they will be here tomrrow, so I go ahead and test the water. I had been ignoring the tank becasue the moss was pearling so i figured it was happy.
Since the shrimp are comming tomrrow I tested the tank, the first test I did was the pH test and it was above 8.4... I didn't do the rest of the tests. I changed 99.99% of the water and replaced it with established tank water from my community.
What would have made the pH so high? Its not the plastic tank is it? The tank was prevously soaked in bleach as well, possibly residue? I did clean it well (just water), and added declor when i filled it originally.
There is no filtration on it, I will be putting one of the spong thingies that came with my filter in there for the bacteria culture but the plants I moved into the tank other then moss was from my oringal aquarium. Currently I have an airstone in the tank to keep the water moving around the plants.
Since the shrimp are comming tomrrow I tested the tank, the first test I did was the pH test and it was above 8.4... I didn't do the rest of the tests. I changed 99.99% of the water and replaced it with established tank water from my community.
What would have made the pH so high? Its not the plastic tank is it? The tank was prevously soaked in bleach as well, possibly residue? I did clean it well (just water), and added declor when i filled it originally.
There is no filtration on it, I will be putting one of the spong thingies that came with my filter in there for the bacteria culture but the plants I moved into the tank other then moss was from my oringal aquarium. Currently I have an airstone in the tank to keep the water moving around the plants.