BarbaraM
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Hi. I'm very new at this. I inherited a very dirty 25 gal aquarium from a family member. It is about 4 yrs old. I have an 8" plecostemus(sp) a 3" clown loach, and two silver dollars. They all made the move from her house to mine. I've had the tank a wee. The chemistry was nasty. I've been doing 50% water changes every other day with R/O water. I'm using test strips to test my water. There are no nitrites - that's good. I've gotten my nitrates from off the chart to between 40-50 ppm. I figure one more water change will get it down to the safe level. The readings for GH were off the chart to begin with, but they are down to about 150ppm. But the Kh and pH are not changing - they are staying on the bottom of the chart. KH at 0 and pH at 6.2. My fish seem to be doing ok? They had been living in the nasty water for quite some time. Any advice?
Thanks, Nana Barbara
Thanks, Nana Barbara