sasikan
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New babys Thorichthys maculipinnis (T. ellioti)
Thorichthys maculipinnis
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Brookster123
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Sweeeet!!! I need a female.for my big guy if you grow any out!
coralbandit
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You got it going on !
Very nice …
I love seeing rows of tanks and fry !
Very nice …
I love seeing rows of tanks and fry !
sasikan
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
ph pen
Hi Tom
I have over 100 tanks in my basement!
I just bought a ph pen . I use to check my water with the bottles test kits
i think this is more accurate?
my city water test 6
and most of my electric blue rams tanks are around 6.5
do you like these reading for rams?
Hi Tom
I have over 100 tanks in my basement!
I just bought a ph pen . I use to check my water with the bottles test kits
i think this is more accurate?
my city water test 6
and most of my electric blue rams tanks are around 6.5
do you like these reading for rams?
coralbandit
Aquarium Advice Addict
I found the ph pens I have are all over the board ,even saying my RO is over 8 when my tap is 7.6 ? I use the liquid test if I even care to know ph. PH basically means nothing to me !
TDS or nothing for me ...It helps knowing what my source water is but honestly have no clue what my ro comes out as .
6.5 should be good for rams in my book as long as the TDS is still low..I know another ram breeder who has matching ph to my source[7.6] but his TDS is under 100 , while mine is 350+ so in my book that right there is aclear example of how worthless ph alone is ...
TDS or nothing for me ...It helps knowing what my source water is but honestly have no clue what my ro comes out as .
6.5 should be good for rams in my book as long as the TDS is still low..I know another ram breeder who has matching ph to my source[7.6] but his TDS is under 100 , while mine is 350+ so in my book that right there is aclear example of how worthless ph alone is ...
Brookster123
Aquarium Advice Addict
I have one of those!!! It's been propping my basement window sash open for months
sasikan
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
tds
your source water is 350 tds .
You are mixing with r/o water to breed rams right?
your source water is 350 tds .
You are mixing with r/o water to breed rams right?
coralbandit
Aquarium Advice Addict
Yea my source is 350+TDS 7.6 ph /2-3 kh and aprox 9 GH .
I mix my ro which without DI is aprox. 18 TDS with tap to get 75 -100 TDS.
Like I said when I used the PH pen it said my ro was 8+ which is not really possible as far as I know..The one time I tested my ro with my API liquid test it did not even read as high as lowest[under 7] on the api color chart ,so I don't even bother to figure it out..
Once I get something to work I don't mess with it or try to be overly meticulous.. TDS is all I care about for breeding the rams ..I test TDS even on my swordtail tanks which with the addition of wonder shells goes around 1100 TDS ! The PH due to wonder shells is actually driven down so I add baking soda to keep it in the 7 range...
I mix my ro which without DI is aprox. 18 TDS with tap to get 75 -100 TDS.
Like I said when I used the PH pen it said my ro was 8+ which is not really possible as far as I know..The one time I tested my ro with my API liquid test it did not even read as high as lowest[under 7] on the api color chart ,so I don't even bother to figure it out..
Once I get something to work I don't mess with it or try to be overly meticulous.. TDS is all I care about for breeding the rams ..I test TDS even on my swordtail tanks which with the addition of wonder shells goes around 1100 TDS ! The PH due to wonder shells is actually driven down so I add baking soda to keep it in the 7 range...
Brookster123
Aquarium Advice Addict
More about the the thorys please
