Reply With QuoteSorry to hear about the shrimplets. Very sad whenever something like this happens... that is not within our control.
Have fun in Hong Kong and eat loads. Then come back with a vengeance!
Bro, very sad to hear this. Your CRS and BDS flowerheads are so damn solid!
Hope after your reset you will come back with similar or better solid shrimps
Sorry to hear about the shrimplets. Very sad whenever something like this happens... that is not within our control.
Have fun in Hong Kong and eat loads. Then come back with a vengeance!
looking forward to the day when you make your comeback....and with more picturess..take it as a break in HK..
Aspiring to be.
Bro.. I already got my eye set on flowerheads in HK... I can bring maximum 60 pieces, I make sure all bloody solid white/red flowerhead. After this tank of mine disaster like this, my aching gut has just increased my HK trip's budget ASTRONOMICALLY. I am going to scour the goldfish street of all their solid FH.
What if I go there and don't have solid FH? HAHAHA crap!
Now I'm at a loss as to what soil I should use for my reset.
Mosura... but must quickly get at Colourful before it runs out.Originally Posted by Ecalyte
Some bros are using the new ADA, but I thinl it is still too early to tell if they are as good or better than ADA2
Can we safely rule out parameter fluctuations from our mains? It's been real cranky lately. Still, those were nice FHs and I feel your losses...
As far as the soil goes, have a word with the distributor and/or poll for opinions from those who are already using it. Good luck on the revamp and have a fun shopping spree.
I'm back & keeping 'em fingers wet,
Ronnie Lee
I just tested my aged water it's sitting at 7.24
My tap water is sitting at 7.45
My tank water is now at an AMAZING pH value of 7.69.
My cull tank (i just did water change) is sitting at 6.52.
Definitely the soil.
Information for those who are curious, my tank has only soil, driftwood, fissidens on mesh, a moss wall made of plastic and stainless steel mesh.
ADA 2 normal soil as base, topped up with ADA 2 powder soil.
My 2 canister filter is filled with pure biohome plus, prefilter with filter wool.. and that folks, is all I have.
Nothing that can attribute to a pH rise...
In and of itself, this pH level is abnormally high...
I'm back & keeping 'em fingers wet,
Ronnie Lee
I was quite surprised myself.. I always thought that our tap water should be slightly acidic. The TDS is 84 though. So it's very sparsely mineralised..
Maybe I should have kept the pH meter in there for longer? I dunked it in for like.. 20 seconds before it stabilized..
But that aside, the fact that the pH actually increased further suggests that the tap water's higher pH is not a determining factor..
With Ecalyte, Bai and lizhien having confirmed of similar rising pH issue with ADA powdered soil, it seems that there really migh be problems with a certain batch of ADA powdered soil. Hope the distributor will be informed and look into this
My water is ph 7.5.. Checked my ph pen against my friend's. No problem with the pen. Its the soil..
My nick is lizhien. But i'm not a girl. It's Li Zhi En. =) You can call me Cole too.
And tell them? Isn't the purpose of the soil is for planting?
Last edited by cheetf; 25th Sep 2011 at 08:40.
Tell them that they are lying? Haha
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Zack
In my opinion:
1) Our tap water is always neutral or slightly alkaline. It should not be acidic as the government would not want pipes to be corroded.
2) However, it doesn't increase the PH level unless it went to certain processes or have other element added in....
They never say how long it will stay that way, they only say measured after 48 hours.
Tell them that they are lying? Haha
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Last edited by cheetf; 25th Sep 2011 at 13:18.
Haha, okay noted
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Zack
Actually on their packaging they did mention that the properties of the soil is meant to bring the water down to an acidic pH level.. If you read my experience, I put the powder soil in a small breeder box, and the water actually increased in pH. So the soil is definitely faulty as it's performing functions that are a complete opposite as to what's been described. I've always been a strong believer of ADA, having used their soil since their first arrival in Singapore. So I know for a fact that this is a faulty batch of soil.. I haven't contacted them as I see no point in doing so. What're they going to do? Replace the soil with another batch of defective packet from the same batch? Give me a free untested New Amazonia soil? Nah.. I think I'll just stay away from the brand from now on...
If their distributors are really concerned over losing me as a customer, then they'll probably reply. The problem is that these people are just distributors. They're in no-way the creator or manufacturer of the soil, so there is very little they can do except perhaps apologize? That would be nice! Either way.. it's a case of crying over spilled milk.
So after a long fight.. My new tank is finally cycled and ready to put some shrimps.
Added some commando flowerheads.. after 4 days, they're all alive and eating.
These are just some of the Flowerheads I purchased from HongKong that's currently waiting for me to take home...
Big big thanks to bro Alvinchan for helping me house my shrimps during this ordeal, and taking these pictures.
Once all the shrimps are back home, I'll try my best to take pictures of them..
Last edited by Ecalyte; 25th Oct 2011 at 11:19.
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