dwayne.aycock
Aquarium Advice Freak
Greetings All, I recently had a major learning lesson (Thanks Rivercats) and a local water quality expert. I have a 75 gallon tank, and recently for a 135 gallon tank. My 135 gallon tank is almost up and ready to go once I get my 56W UV sterilizer. I has having many issues with my 75 gallon Amazon biotype tank. I did all of the normal tests (Nitrite, Nitrate, Ammonia and PH, and my water appeared to be fine, but I was losing about 1-3 fish per day. I tried everything to remedy the problem ( large water changes, toxin removing plants, ferts, prime, quick start, leaf zone, CO2 booster, black water extract, salt, and other mechanical, biological and chemical means to solve the problem. In the end found out that my house water was passing through a a water softener. I knew nothing about softened water being fatal to fish. With so many deaths I sought out an expert. Turns out that my water softener was the problem. Once I knew what the problem was, I got a 32 gallon trash can and filled it with 50% R/O w water and