OP
OP
ying yang
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Yeah going add protein skimmer into sump in next few days with cup off ( for extra aeration) got 2 power heads and been experimenting with 50- 80% strength on controllers and moving power heads closer to surface for more water agitation ( moves all my bloody sands in corner of tank each time ha ha ) and i got quite a deep tank.
As for adding amnonia or food,i havent added doctor tims amnonian chloride for quite sometime now ( maybe 2 weeks) and only adding few flake food first week which im now on 6th week .
As fish going in qt for at least 30 days ( im 8 days since first fish added ,last monday) i didnt do any tests on dt as system got wet as thought it will have around 8- 9 weeks so just prezumed when close to taking fish put qt and into dt i would add amnonian chloride to 2ppm 2 times in the week before and if reduces it to 0 ppm in 24 hours then this good enough.
And even though nitrites last couple weeks been testing at 0.25 ppm and amnonia always 2ppm ( sometimes could be read as 1ppm but think looks darker at night using bulbs as light source instead of near window during daytime)
Maybe 3 times in 1.5 week period i added 1 drop per litre into the system as directed but last time was 2 weeks ago roughly.
Ok thanks for replys and if no one thinks using un- dechloronated tap water to mix the mortar together would cause a problem i will carry on as i am and shortly get a 121 litre brute bin with a lid and possible mix up some salt water then can do just over 30% wc on system then just watch how the little fishes act in the dt water ^_^
Btw the 15% wc i did the other day was mainly because lots gunk in sump ( and thought maybe flake food i put in was to much and continually breaking down and rising the amnonia and bacteria breaking it down and somehow magically made it 2ppm every test he he
As for adding amnonia or food,i havent added doctor tims amnonian chloride for quite sometime now ( maybe 2 weeks) and only adding few flake food first week which im now on 6th week .
As fish going in qt for at least 30 days ( im 8 days since first fish added ,last monday) i didnt do any tests on dt as system got wet as thought it will have around 8- 9 weeks so just prezumed when close to taking fish put qt and into dt i would add amnonian chloride to 2ppm 2 times in the week before and if reduces it to 0 ppm in 24 hours then this good enough.
And even though nitrites last couple weeks been testing at 0.25 ppm and amnonia always 2ppm ( sometimes could be read as 1ppm but think looks darker at night using bulbs as light source instead of near window during daytime)
Maybe 3 times in 1.5 week period i added 1 drop per litre into the system as directed but last time was 2 weeks ago roughly.
Ok thanks for replys and if no one thinks using un- dechloronated tap water to mix the mortar together would cause a problem i will carry on as i am and shortly get a 121 litre brute bin with a lid and possible mix up some salt water then can do just over 30% wc on system then just watch how the little fishes act in the dt water ^_^
Btw the 15% wc i did the other day was mainly because lots gunk in sump ( and thought maybe flake food i put in was to much and continually breaking down and rising the amnonia and bacteria breaking it down and somehow magically made it 2ppm every test he he
