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Thanks for all the advice! I will replace the rest over the next few days and post my results!

Thanks, It comes out of the tap at 6.8 and somwhere around 3-4. Can i over do it by adding too much?

Hi, i am trying to raise my kh and my ph as they are both too low. I have been advised on using aragonite so i have bought some today. I have replaced a 1/4 of my sand with aragonite and i am going to see what effect this has on my levels. Is this the correct way of doing it? Could i overshoot the t...

Thanks for the advice i bought a refractometer and it seems that it has cleared up within two weeks, sg is now at 1.004. my heater only goes to 81 so i set it to that. so fingures crossed!

Thanks ive herd about altering the ph with the stuff in a bottle before, its amazing it can be sold to be honest. What are your thoughts on baking soda? im running an internal eheim filter so it would be tricky to use coral. unless adding it to the substrate would be sufficient.

My ph is too low at 6.8 which is another issue, it comes out the tap at 6.8 with a kh of 4. The substrate is just normal aquarium sand. I really want to get the tank parameters ideal for my f8 but obviously this will take time. I'll get myself a liquid master kit ive been thinking about getting one ...

generally twice a week at 20% wednesday and sunday but i will admit that over christmas it was maybe half that. so is this dangerous for my puffer? is this due to converting to brackish or is it the lack of wc's. Thanks i appreciate the advice

Hi! I have recently began converting my FW tank to brackish by about .002 a week, so it is now around 1.004. it has cured ich and my f8 is doing well. But now my Gh is over 21 and my kh is around 3. Is this because i am using the same test strips i use for my fw tanks or if not, what can i do to res...

Hi there! Im new to the Forum and puffers so forgive me if ive forgoten anything. I picked my new figure 8 up on sunday afternoon, currently in FW. The tank is cycled due to a matured filter from a larger tank and all my water parameters are fine, so far i have fed him 5 ghost shrimp and 6 snails. T...