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Old 28-03-2009, 01:29 PM
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Thanks Jo,I thought that in this day and age there would have to be some sort of short cut to maturing a tank.
Had it planted over a week now,water parameters are,PH 7.5,AMMONIA 0,
NITRITE 0.8 mg/ltr,NITRATE 20 mg/ltr.

No signs of any algae bloom as yet!
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Old 19-04-2009, 05:39 PM
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ive kept tropical and cichlids and i never bothered with all that crap i put all my fish in my tank the same day i set them up and ive never lost a fish in 2 years
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ive kept tropical and cichlids and i never bothered with all that crap i put all my fish in my tank the same day i set them up and ive never lost a fish in 2 years
Not lost them, just tortured them.
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Old 19-04-2009, 06:20 PM
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ive kept tropical and cichlids and i never bothered with all that crap i put all my fish in my tank the same day i set them up and ive never lost a fish in 2 years
Not a single casualty? I find that hard to believe...

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Not lost them, just tortured them
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Old 19-04-2009, 07:18 PM
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once you have had your bloom and your filter is established its easy to keep your water a good quality so there is no reason for you to be loseing fish. so if you are than there is something wrong with your water. oh and why would i come on here and bullshit i dont know any of you so i dont have anything to prove and i was refering to looseing fish through poor water quality!!
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i was refering to looseing fish through poor water quality!!
So when you just chucked all your fish in at once, did you test the water and do daily water changes to counteract the toxic effects of ammonia and/or nitrite?
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