Retirement and forum shutdown (17 Jan 2022)
Hi,
John Howell who has managed the forum for years is getting on and wishes to retire from the role of managing it.
Over the years, he has managed the forum through good days and bad days and he has always been fair.
He has managed to bring his passion for fish keeping to the forum and keep it going for so long.
I wish to thank John for his hard work in keeping the forum going.
With John wishing to "retire" from the role of managing the forum and the forum receiving very little traffic, I think we must agree that forum has come to a natural conclusion and it's time to put it to rest.
I am proposing that the forum be made read-only from March 2022 onwards and that no new users or content be created. The website is still registered for several more years, so the content will still be accessible but no new topics or replies will be allowed.
If there is interest from the ITFS or other fish keeping clubs, we may redirect traffic to them or to a Facebook group but will not actively manage it.
I'd like to thank everyone over the years who helped with forum, posted a reply, started a new topic, ask a question and helped a newbie in fish keeping. And thank you to the sponsors who helped us along the away. Hopefully it made the hobby stronger.
I'd especially like to thank John Howell and Valerie Rousseau for all of their contributions, without them the forum would have never been has successful.
Thank you
Darragh Sherwin
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- Frontosa (Tim kruger)
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Got my water tested :
KH 9
GH 3
PH 7.5
Phoshate 0.011
Nitrate 0
Nitrit 0
Copper 0
Happy enough.Whats the best way to bring the PH down ? How would be my water reading if i put on a reverse osmose unit?
Thank for help,Tim
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Keeping and breeding : Frontosa Blue Zaires , Synodontis Petricola , Tropheus Red Rainbow (Kasanga) , Tropheus Moliro . Regulary fry for sale.
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- gerryberry (Jeff Daly)
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Why do you want to adjust your pH level? Only started a tank myself but going from the research I done it is better to leave the natural pH of your supply water alone, if you adjust the pH you will have to adjust it all the time and also pH is a log function so a small adjustment can have a huge effect on your fish.
this is just my experience maybe someone else can give an other view / experience.
Best of luck
GB
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if using well water you have to be careful if near farms as sprays and nitrate seep into the ground and can get into the water. tom brecknell of the forum used to have this problem at certain times of the year.
more and more people are using ro water these days for safety.
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sorry for coming back so late.I know that the PH at 7.5 is not to bad.I want to keep/breed angelfish,dwarf cichlids.I just wanted to know if i have to adjust the PH for wildcaught or a special breed what you think is the easiest way and a save way to bring Ph down and keep it stabil down.
Thanks,Tim
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angels and dwarf cichlids will breed in this ph, but if you are going wild caught 6.5 is what you should be aiming around, a couple of very easy ways to drop the ph is the addition of indian almond leaves to the filter (can be got on ebay), also eheim and sera do peat pellets for filters which will have the same effect of lowering the ph, additions of bogwood into the Tank and also planting a tank and feeding with co2 will also do the same... these are probably the easiest solutions to lowering ph without using chemicals, remember though that the addition of coral / lava rock, coral sand, and limestone will have the opposite effect and raise ph over time so you have to leave these out...
Imo you really should have no prob with normal store bought fish with what you have so i'd leave well enough alone, but its your baby so your choice
heres a link or two
freshaquarium.about.com/cs/waterchemsitry/a/mathcph.htm
www.aquaticcommunity.com/aquarium/chemistry.php
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Thanks for ur help.Another question.Where do i get angelfish natural form or even F1`s.
Regards,Tim
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