Orca
Aquarium Advice Regular
Hi,
My name is Barry and I live in Castle Rock CO. I've finally convinced my wife that we have room for an aquarium in our home. I've been an "Aquariumist" (is that a word?) for a grand total of 2 weeks now.
I'm currently going thru the joys of learning how to cycle a tank. I have a 6 gallon Eclipse System that I'm using as my "training" tank. It will eventually become my QT as I hope to start a 75 gallon FW tank in another month or so.
So far things are going well for my 6 Neon Tetras. I've become a bit of a fanatic about testing my water and doing almost daily water changes while the tank is cycling. From what I've read about Neons in this forum, I've got a challenge with having them come thru this process unscathed.
Things I've got working for me: our water is very soft (GH <17ppm), and our KH level is 120-140ppm. (From what I've read, that's all good.)
Challenges: PH is about 8.6 out of the tap. It seems to drop to about 7.6 after sitting for awhile, and I've been using some PH Down to lower it more before putting it into the tank. It seems quite stable after that.
This is an awesome site I've learned so much from just reading the forum.
Wish me luck with my fish!
My name is Barry and I live in Castle Rock CO. I've finally convinced my wife that we have room for an aquarium in our home. I've been an "Aquariumist" (is that a word?) for a grand total of 2 weeks now.
I'm currently going thru the joys of learning how to cycle a tank. I have a 6 gallon Eclipse System that I'm using as my "training" tank. It will eventually become my QT as I hope to start a 75 gallon FW tank in another month or so.
So far things are going well for my 6 Neon Tetras. I've become a bit of a fanatic about testing my water and doing almost daily water changes while the tank is cycling. From what I've read about Neons in this forum, I've got a challenge with having them come thru this process unscathed.
Things I've got working for me: our water is very soft (GH <17ppm), and our KH level is 120-140ppm. (From what I've read, that's all good.)
Challenges: PH is about 8.6 out of the tap. It seems to drop to about 7.6 after sitting for awhile, and I've been using some PH Down to lower it more before putting it into the tank. It seems quite stable after that.
This is an awesome site I've learned so much from just reading the forum.
Wish me luck with my fish!