Water Quality issues

[bixby]

What is essential to test aquarium water for? and Can you let the water remain unchanged as long as it looks clean?

We have a drilled well on our property and it looks as if our water comes out quite acidic. I would rather buy fish that fit the water rather than fight the PH level all the time.

So far I've had luck keeping danios alive and one scissortail rasbora plus a pleco. I have lost barbs, a bali shark, two scissor tails, and goldfish in the past.

I am practising with 20 gallon tank and a fluval 204 filter with hopes of getting bigger tanks someday with a larger variety of fish.

Any advice?

 

[mgamer20o0]

1 ammonia nitrate nitrate ph and its good to know the kh and gh.
2 weekly water changes. should be doing 10-20% weekly in a cycled tank. i do 50% weekly
3 i would get a ph test and figure it out then guessing. many fish will adapt to different water anyways.

 

[spoonman]

+1 on gamers post. Maybe a typo but should be testing for PH, ammonia, nitrIte and nitrAte. Also to agree that fish will ajust to PH as long as it is constant.

 

[mgamer20o0]

yep typo lol

 

[Sonomakid]

+2 hit the nail on the head