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TurtleMommy
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My indoor 20 gal. tank has just become a QT for some new goldfish I ordered. And since adding the fish, I've done nothing with the water, same filtration, 2 air stones -- no meds., no salt, no additives (other than those to remove chorine & chloramine from the source water).
I just checked the water.
The pH is OK [and is consistent with past readings from this tank], but the KH didn't even measure. I'll add some crushed oyster shells, but since the pH is essentially OK for the moment, do I need to do anything else, like add baking soda? Or is baking soda only for when the pH is low as well?
Also, I know to take things slowly, but how much, how fast?
pH 7.8 (source water is usually in the low 8 range)
KH -- the water in the tube didn't change to blue when I added the first drop of reagent, but turned yellow, which is the "end" result --
Ammonia <0.25 (slight color change, but somewhere between 0.0 & 0.25ppm)
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate - 0
I just checked the water.
The pH is OK [and is consistent with past readings from this tank], but the KH didn't even measure. I'll add some crushed oyster shells, but since the pH is essentially OK for the moment, do I need to do anything else, like add baking soda? Or is baking soda only for when the pH is low as well?
Also, I know to take things slowly, but how much, how fast?
pH 7.8 (source water is usually in the low 8 range)
KH -- the water in the tube didn't change to blue when I added the first drop of reagent, but turned yellow, which is the "end" result --
Ammonia <0.25 (slight color change, but somewhere between 0.0 & 0.25ppm)
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate - 0