Recent content by Dax21

Thank you Caliban07, I am getting a hint of nitrates with the NTlabs liquid (between 0-5ppm). I have also checked my KH as it's also between 0-1. Here in the Isle of Man is no more than 2. I added last week crushed coral to my external filter as I previously mentioned to increase the Ph (6.4...

Thank you for your message. Juvenile discus requires 20L per discus. Older discus (Starting from a year old) requires a minimum of 25L per Discus. Once they reach the year old they will move to a bigger tank. Optimal temperatures for Discus are 29-30 Degrees Celcius, 27 is too low. The...

Thank you Andy Sager! I will keep you update on that

When I checked my ph was 6.0 (it's the minimum that my API Ph liquid could read). 8 days ago I added crushed coral to my filter to increase the Ph to my tank which 2 days after started reading between 6.4/6.8 until now and stays stable on those parameters. The water ph reading here in the Isle...

Thank you for taking the time to answer my post. I fully agree with you, this something that is part of this hobby! As mentioned on my reply to Andy Sager, my worries were the reading of ammonia and none of nitrates (I have real 4x plants in my tank but there are not covering the whole tank).

Thank you for your reply and advice! My PH is around 6.4 / 6.6 as I added some crushed coral into my external filter 8 days ago. I was just a bit worried that making 2x daily water changes of 25% each will never balance the beneficial biological bacteria in my tank. Also not having nitrates...

Hello everyone, I hope this message finds you well. I need some little advice in regards my tank parameters. I have a 125L tank with 5x juvenile Discus, 2x Angelfish and 3x Corys. I had the tank for over a year with only 2x Angelfish and 3x Corys and 2 weeks ago I decided to purchase 5x...