Josie, pictures are sideways
Your discus are talking to you....are you listening
There's a strong side current in parts of my setup.
Your discus are talking to you....are you listening
Ya'll need to split out the hook instead of letting him reel you in.....
-john
The below is a good read.
http://www.thewaterplanetcompany.com...ication%20.pdf
Specifically,
Ammonia (NH3 or NH4). When the pH of the wastewater is acidic or neutral, the majority of the
nitrogen is ammonium (NH4
+). When the pH increases over 8.0, the nitrogen is mostly ammonia
(NH3).
Here's another read,
http://www.aquaworldaquarium.com/Art...ts/Ammonia.htm
Specifically,
At a pH of 6.0, and 10 ppm of TAN, the ammonia is only .007 ppm
Hope this helps.
Last edited by shawnhu; 08-07-2012 at 06:17 PM.
Hey Orange Crush,
Not sure which thread you are referring to, but I'm sure it's old, and I'm sure it's probably not from this tank. My PH 7 tanks are normally the ones with much more frequent water changes, ie. my 46 gallon where I have my other Discus. Even at a pH of 7, the toxic level of ammonia is still way under 1 ppm.
Not at all. I was just hoping for more of an explanation about why you were wanting to raise fry with so much total ammonia. Since you are though I recommend Seachem's free ammonia test because api's test raises pH to test for total. Since ammonia is so toxic I prefer to go by total because if there is ammonia in my tank then there is something wrong and I want to know about it. Anyways good luck.
OC
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So your substituting proper biological filtration with low pH??
Is the parent fish pictured one you raised with this method??
Hi Ken,
No, the parents were not raised by me, but rather they were about 4-5 inches when I got them Dec of 2010. To be perfectly honest, this pair has been in the 10G for just about a year now. I don't substitute biological filtration with low ph, I generally substitute biological filtration with plants though.
I've been noticing with this pair that they begin to spawn about 4 days after a water change. This time I let them do their thing and when I finally saw wigglers, I took the water parameters and decided to keep a log. These are the results.
Was there something you wanted to comment about the quality of the parents?
Just got done putting together a BBS hatchery for my first batch. I'll have to get a few more bottles and get a couple more going. This will have to do for now.
I made a lid using the cut out to prevent salty splashes.