Is having too many fish causing my tank to spike?
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Test strips are never very accurate and you may be getting inaccurate readings from them, liquid test are by far better. What's your water supply like?
You could take a water sample down to you local aquatics, most test for free.
You could take a water sample down to you local aquatics, most test for free.
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Test strips are a waste of money Jamie.
Your tank looks like its the same as my big tank. IMO you haven't got enough filtration for the bioload in there.
Your tank looks like its the same as my big tank. IMO you haven't got enough filtration for the bioload in there.
64l kitchen tank: 16 golden tetra.
5ft 425L: 7 blue angel fish, 30 rummie nose tetra, 20 black neon tetra, 1 longfin bristlenose plec, 2 corydoras sterbai, 2 SAE.
5ft 425L: 7 blue angel fish, 30 rummie nose tetra, 20 black neon tetra, 1 longfin bristlenose plec, 2 corydoras sterbai, 2 SAE.
Yeah bloody £16 for ammonia strips and £14 for 6 in 1 strips should have just bought the master kit lol, Well we will see what comes back from the test at the fish shop today and i will post results, I upgraded from a fluval roma 200 to this bad boy within a month lol we could say the fish hobby got me hooked straight away
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I'm running 2 canisters on angels delight. A fluvial fx6 and an oase biomaster 350. I also have a 2000lph circulation pump in the tank.
64l kitchen tank: 16 golden tetra.
5ft 425L: 7 blue angel fish, 30 rummie nose tetra, 20 black neon tetra, 1 longfin bristlenose plec, 2 corydoras sterbai, 2 SAE.
5ft 425L: 7 blue angel fish, 30 rummie nose tetra, 20 black neon tetra, 1 longfin bristlenose plec, 2 corydoras sterbai, 2 SAE.
I'm still new to this haha
So if I put my other filter in il have 2 internal filters 1 x 1200lph and 1 x 1600 lph and my canister is the efx400 which runs 1400lph and tanks is 5ft long 400 litres, would that be enough? Sorry for all the questions just want the fish to live happily, They do all seem happy and healthy but don't want to lose any or make any ill.
Thanks for your info.
So if I put my other filter in il have 2 internal filters 1 x 1200lph and 1 x 1600 lph and my canister is the efx400 which runs 1400lph and tanks is 5ft long 400 litres, would that be enough? Sorry for all the questions just want the fish to live happily, They do all seem happy and healthy but don't want to lose any or make any ill.
Thanks for your info.