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Sorry to be clear, the tank has been set up for years and is cycled. Honestly I don’t write parameters down anymore, I just look at the colour by eye against the colour charts. The Na is not zero but its a light acceptable colour on the colour chart. The fish were very very small when I bought...

Substrate is white sand, theres one large java fern on a log which I prune (remove leaves from) weekly to keep the growth down. No new ornaments in last 6 months.

Thanks for your reply. PH - 8 Ammonia - 0 Nitrate - 0 Both fish are small, both probably less than 2 inch bodies. I’ll be upgrading to a bigger tank when we move shortly, but for now overcompensating with regular big water changes and poo sucking. Thanks.

I’ve had this ranchu for six months, he is in an 80L tank with one other fish (oranda). Did proper quarantine procedure and he’s never been poorly before. I’m very meticulous with water condition (hoover out poos daily, weekly 1/3 water changes). Water tested this morning with my test tube kit...