Tank Chemistry

[Sara0229]

Here are my stats as of this morning and a 2/3 water change last night:

Sg- 0.005
ammonia- 0
pH- 8
KH/GH- 71.6
Temp- 79.6

How's this sound for F8's and Bumblebee gobies? I'm concerned the KH/GH is too low. How do I fix this if that's the case?

[purplecandle]

what are your nitrates and nitrites?

[Sara0229]

nitrate- 20ppm
nitrite- 0

[FADE2BLACK_1973]

I do know that if you have natural drift wood in the tank, it has a softening effect to the water that might be a cause of the lower kh and gh levels in the water. I really would not worry too much about it though. Everything sounds really good, imo.

[RTR]

Is that KH or GH?

[Blaine]

Water parameters sound fine for a Figure 8. Try to keep the nitrates as low as possible. I'd remove any driftwood, if you have in the tank. Use aragonite substrate to help

[RTR]

How can anyone say that the water parameters are "fine" when we do not know the KH and the nitrate is 20 ppm?

KH is critcal for F-8s, and 20 ppm nitrate is acceptable, bit too high to be "fine".

[Blaine]

I didn't say they were great, just fine. I believe acceptable is pretty much the same as fine. I was speaking about the numbers that were given.

*edited by PP*

[RTR]

"Fine" means just what it says. A good place to be.

"Acceptable" implies that the readings are not immediate danger to the fish but should be improved.

Those are not at all the same to me.

[Blaine]

Flutter has been drawn out of sickness by this childish behaviour. enough, please. the immaturity and name calling boggles my mind blaine. i thought you were better than that.

[greenspottedlover]

...

I thought you left.
No seriously though guys stop, just stop.

[jtbadco]

Fine - Satisfactory; acceptable:

Acceptable - worthy of acceptance or satisfactory, judged to be in conformity with approved usage, meeting requirements,adequate for the purpose


As stated before I was banned and my posts removed....By definition from the dictionary RTR is still wrong

[Pufferpunk]

And so are you for using someone else's account after being banned. Now that account is banned too. Stop being such a child.

[J-P]

Ohhh seems I missed the party.. That's what I get for sleeping in

[FADE2BLACK_1973]

Oh man what wrong here? It went wayyyyy off topic here.