My first 4foot Adventure

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  1. nicolaas

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    That's grate!

    I think 50L is good, bit much if you want to do a WC every day.
    As hviviers said you can do 15% WC every day.
     
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    Javei

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    i did a big change now, will do smaller further through the week.
     
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    today was 25% WC
     
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    Ok now tomorrow you can do a 15% (25L) WC
    And just keep doing water changes, even if you can only do a 5% wc it helps.
     
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    hm sorry i did 60liter yesterday. should i do 20liters today or tomorrow?
     
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    I think do a 20L today.
     
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    @Javei have you checked your ammonia levels again? Sure it will come down when doing lekker water changes like this.

    Just take a sample to your lfs today and let them test it for you.

    You need to monitor your levels for a few days to make sure all is fine.

    Yes 20 liters will be fine.

    Good luck.
     
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    have test kits with me, i can check them myself
     
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    Okay cool then test them and keep us updated.
     
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    okay i tested
    PH 7.8 (My tap water has high PH)
    Ammonia 0
    Nitrite 0
    Nitrate 10
    Temp of tank is 26-27C
     
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    All looking good dude. What's your ph out the tap?
     
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    Okay cool then that is good results. Stop doing the daily wc for a few days and test again.
     
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    oky i will thanks. @Hawk my tap water is 7.8-8
     
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    uhm how much days? can i test saturday?
     
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    What's your ph in the tank then?
     
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    Yes you can test it again on Saturday.
     
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    ph in my tank 7.8-8
     
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    Can you give use the currant stock of your tank @Javei
     
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    oky here is the stock list. the only fish i increased was cories last week, nothing else for the past month or two. Need to increase and fix the fish ratio's
    2 SAE'S
    1 Spiney eel
    5 green cories
    7 albino ccories
    4 bronze cories

    1 male sword
    1 female sword (increasing to 3 females)

    3 female guppies(increasing to 6 females)
    3 male guppies

    4 female platies(increasing to 8 or 9)
    5 male platies

    3 male mollies
    3 female mollies(increasing to 8)
     
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    now that i saw @Dinky is asking about test kits i was wondering, is API test kits trusty?
     
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