Recent content by Defilerwyrm

Oh, derp, that was indeed a typo on my part. Under 0.25ppm, not 25ppm. 8B

Interesting points. I'll have to run some pH tests on the salted, distilled water, our tap water, and a 1:1 mixture of the two. Of course I'll have to test the tap for other things too; I know off the bat that it's incredibly alkaline [yay limestone aquifer system!]. There's no full holes, just...

San Antonio native living in Schertz.

Water results are in. Ammonia 0 ppm; nitrites <25 ppm; nitrates 5 ppm; pH 6.8. The water was changed yesterday. That pH is a bit surprising considering I use distilled water for changes and salt it as well. :confused:

There are three problems plaguing my 23-gallon tank. The first is that ever since I first started cycling this tank, I've been fighting an uphill battle with ammonia. At first we were using conditioned tap water, but as it turns out our municipal water has a pH nearing 8 to 9 so we switched to...

Thank you. :)

Howdy. I'm the Wyrm, and I've come to infest your forum for a time. Really I'm here out of a sort of desperation. I'm not as good a fish-tender as I feel I could or should be, and things keep happening that I'm not sure how to resolve. Few things rankle at me like being told "It's only a...