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Old 08-01-2012, 05:41 AM
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Simple: regular water change
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Old 08-01-2012, 05:45 PM
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So the tank is well my Ph seems to be kind of erratic cause i tested this morning and its sitting at about 7.8-8.0 a little low so Im kind of concerned lol. Also with my tank When should I be doing water changes, I was always a once a week kinda guy but inorder to get my levels down should i be changing it every few days about 5-10% or more??
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Old 08-01-2012, 05:52 PM
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Since you have like 20-30ppm and you should want it between 0-10ppm (I am assuming you are using API), so I think you can do like 10-20% water change in every couple of days till you get your desired level and then can move to weekly.
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Old 08-01-2012, 06:06 PM
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Thank you very much so Ill do a 15% today and test again tomorrow to see if I have my required results thanks again
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Old 08-01-2012, 06:07 PM
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You are welcome
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Old 08-01-2012, 07:31 PM
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Hey I have a question for you when would I be able to add my hermits into my tank? cause im starting to get a bit of die off from the LR? ammoina and no2 are at zero and after my water chage i suspect nitrate between 0-5ppm
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Old 08-01-2012, 07:34 PM
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I don't think you have to add hermits any time soon. I added my cuc (just two turbos) after like 3/4 weeks of the tank running and when the rocks were filled with diatoms.

Plus keeping hermits is a debatable topic too.

I think you don't have to worry about cuc right now since most probably they will just starve to death if there is no algae/leftover food.
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