Reply With QuotePlease ignore the algae....
Otos don't survive in this tank.
I have this little tank in my room
18 inch X 11inch X 11 inch
This is the Problem... the water is too acidic..
i've got 2 different test kits
both tests show the lowest PH colour.. Red or pink.
Nothing has survived there until the female betta.
They die within an hour. ( i tested with Feeders )
What can i do to fix this problem without having to redo the whole set up?
The hair grass just started to take off and it would be quite a waste to undo that.
anyway
here's the set up.
hang on filter... Wool, Act carbon and BioRings inside.
Gravel
bottom layer: Crushed Root sticks/root monsters
Top layer: ADA Amazonia
Plants: Some random Crypt and Hair Grass
current inhabitants: 1 female beta
there's a light.. which i have on most nights
Any suggestions will be great.
Even if i have no choice but to Redo.. let me know.. i can take it..
The pain will subside.
If I were a fish, I'd BREED all Day!
Please ignore the algae....
Otos don't survive in this tank.
Will mineral chips work?
Rather puzzling. Any idea what is the reading of the ph other than colour code? You can add coral chips to increase ph.
woder what causing it to be acidic? so what is the pH don't really know what is red/pink means. For your list of stuff, only ADA amazonia that can cause low pH, but that only happen in initial stage. How old is your setting?
Hi,
In our experience, ADA soil is used when a low pH environment is desired. Amazonia soil is supposed to maintain a low pH, even after the initial setting. The reading are usually at around 5.5, depending on different tank conditions.
Feeder fish. generally the platy and the guppy, require moderately neutral water. Have you tried adding some tetras, such as the rummy nose?
Fish die of many reasons. How old is your tank? You may want to add nitrifying bateria to help improve the water.
We have, in our tank, added 200 green neons just after 2 weeks of setting up. Then we added CRS and yamatoes too. They are still swimming today. Our substrate is ADA Amazonia II.
We talk about it via pm.
Best regards
Thio
hey guys
the tank isnt very old...
i redid the set up in april
the water has been acidic ever since...
i've tried neons... they died too but a few days later
would adding a few bits of coral in the filter help?
any idea how acid it is according to your measurement? did you acclimate your fish before put it in?
yesh... i did the whole Drip for an hour/ holes in the bag before introducing the fish.
the root monsters i used may have been old.. could that be releasing some toxins into the water...
4 days and the Betta is doing fine. she looks pretty happpy too.
Holes in the bag ? if acid burns through plastics, your betta and plants would have died along time ago. I suggest gettting a numerical reading on the PH rather than colors. By the way, looking at the condition of your plant right at the far corner, its turning brown. There seems to be mulm on the surface of the soil as well.
Tank this size, I wouldnt try keeping either otto or tetra. It looks less than 8L.
dude what i meant was> poke tiny holes in the bag so that the water in the tank can mix with the water in the bag.
Yeah i do need a digital PH reader. my plants actually are doing fine... it's just the brown algae that is getting everywhere. a few of the crypt's leaves melted.. but new leaves are growing. the hair grass is creeping well too.
this is the same tank where my pair of Apistogramma Caca spawned.
July 07
August 07
I seriously don't think ADA Amazonia is the culprit... as I have many tanks running on this soil without problem. I suspect what's underneath the soil is causing the problem... now that's gonna be tricky... as good as restarting the whole thing
I have 1 Oto swimming happily in my ADA Africana soil tank (the soil manage to bring the pH down to 4.6). Unless your pH is lower than 4.6, the death of your Oto could possibly be caused by other elements.
Does your tank receives any daylight during day time? How many hours into the night does your tank get illuminated?
How old is your activated carbon? How often do you change them?
Never create what you can't control
I think it would be better to have an exact reading of the pH using a pH meter first.
Poke holes ? i guess you are acliminating your fishes incorrectly. I wouldnt mix the water from other sources such as LFS/ or the places which i bought the fishes with my tank as there is a possibility that it might change my existing water parameters.
What i usually do is introduce 30ml of my tank water's into the bag every 30mins for 12hours, after this is done, net the fishes out and throw away all the water in the bag.
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