amahler
Aquarium Advice Activist
I began lowering the salinity today, actually, so my apologies in not reporting that... it just hasn't gotten down enough yet (didn't want a sudden fall) to really know. I should be achieving measurable results by tomorrow.
pH has remained steady at about 8.0 or a tad higher. It's marginally lower than my main which is closer to 8.5... but it's certainly not dipped below 8.0. I'd say it's really not any different than the day before... but I will definitely be watching.
The dosage description makes a bit more sense to me now. I think I've been getting the tank dosage right (with the 48 hours)... I was misinterpreting your message in regarding to the 5 gallons in a water change.
Whatever the case, I'm monitoring to get the tank to 0.5 solidly and then making sure I dose the 5 gallons to an equal measurement before adding it each time.
Once I have known measurements for the change water, do I need to test it every time... or just stick to periodic tests of the QT itself? I'm going to burn through these test kits in no time flat if I check every change and the QT every single time. Granted, better safe than sorry... but I'm just wanting to know if the dosing is pretty reliable if I know that X amount does my bucket of replacement water reliably each time.
Finally - any thoughts on the water not remaining crystal clear? Do I need to be making water changes to such a degree that it stays clear... or is that just not something to target as long as the measurements of chemical levels remain safe?
As always, thanks!
- Aaron
P.S. I have some garlic mixture for this purpose... I'll hit that tomorrow.
pH has remained steady at about 8.0 or a tad higher. It's marginally lower than my main which is closer to 8.5... but it's certainly not dipped below 8.0. I'd say it's really not any different than the day before... but I will definitely be watching.
The dosage description makes a bit more sense to me now. I think I've been getting the tank dosage right (with the 48 hours)... I was misinterpreting your message in regarding to the 5 gallons in a water change.
Whatever the case, I'm monitoring to get the tank to 0.5 solidly and then making sure I dose the 5 gallons to an equal measurement before adding it each time.
Once I have known measurements for the change water, do I need to test it every time... or just stick to periodic tests of the QT itself? I'm going to burn through these test kits in no time flat if I check every change and the QT every single time. Granted, better safe than sorry... but I'm just wanting to know if the dosing is pretty reliable if I know that X amount does my bucket of replacement water reliably each time.
Finally - any thoughts on the water not remaining crystal clear? Do I need to be making water changes to such a degree that it stays clear... or is that just not something to target as long as the measurements of chemical levels remain safe?
As always, thanks!
- Aaron
P.S. I have some garlic mixture for this purpose... I'll hit that tomorrow.