Ornamental Fish

[Macky]

It sounds like you have a pH buffer, not a pH test kit. A pH test kit doesn't alter your pH, it tests it. I believe that's why they call it what they do. That's certainly that case of our brand.

Ours retail for about £5.00, not £50.00, as do most of our competitors.

I thought £50 sounded a bit excessive for a bit of litmus paper :icon_lol:

 

[newtonfox]

Ours retail for about £5.00, not £50.00, as do most of our competitors.

the kit i got came with the following

API Master Test Kit

Aqua-Medic Refractometer

Aqua-Medic Salimeter

all for £50 was on offer at the time ,i took the lot back as i didnt know what was wrong .

the offer stated "complete marine test kit "


all the pic are off the net but i have the very same products .

 

[Melton Fox]

Newts, the Salimeter and the refractometer do the same job. They both measure the salt content of the water.

 

[newtonfox]

Newts, the Salimeter and the refractometer do the same job. They both measure the salt content of the water.

thats what came in the kit

plus Aqua-Medic Salimeter is a density meter (hydrometer) for easy measurement of the specific gravity of saltwater in aquaria. In reef systems, the specific gravity should be between 1.022 and 1.025.

 

[Dour]

A shy fish !! How do you solve it,take it to a confidence building classes

I read somewhere if you pour beer into a fishtank, it makes the fish drunk and they start tearing around acting like sharks. But you need to be careful which beer you use - when I tried it with my brother's fishtank all that happened was the water went cloudy and all the fish died.

 

[Melton Fox]

thats what came in the kit

plus Aqua-Medic Salimeter is a density meter (hydrometer) for easy measurement of the specific gravity of saltwater in aquaria. In reef systems, the specific gravity should be between 1.022 and 1.025.

They're almost the same thing. They're both designed to tell you the salt content of the water. One measures density, the other measures it in gravity.

But hats off to you for being fully equipped.

 

[newtonfox]

They're almost the same thing. They're both designed to tell you the salt content of the water. One measures density, the other measures it in gravity.

But hats off to you for being fully equipped.

As i said melt they where both part of the offer they had on .

it took me a while to put it all together before i even put live sand/rock and salt water in,then it stood for 2-3 months before the first fish went in .

 

[Melton Fox]

As i said melt they where both part of the offer they had on

OK, sorry, I must have missed that bit.

 

[Durham Fox]

My shoal of Neons currently dont seem too happy. All bar one of them is hiding pretty much constantly, they seem healthy enough, feeding etc but just seem to want to hide away all the time bar one who swims around happily. Any ideas?

 

[Melton Fox]

My shoal of Neons currently dont seem too happy. All bar one of them is hiding pretty much constantly, they seem healthy enough, feeding etc but just seem to want to hide away all the time bar one who swims around happily. Any ideas?

Stop feeding, do a 10% water change.

Did you buy any test kits?

 

[Durham Fox]

Stop feeding, do a 10% water change.

Did you buy any test kits?

Yes I did, ammonia very nearly 0 as are nitrates and nitrites

 

[Melton Fox]

Yes I did, ammonia very nearly 0 as are nitrates and nitrites

That can't be correct. If there is no ammonia, I would expect to see Nitrites at this early stage. However, I would defo expect to see a little ammonia.

Are there fins clamped, have they lost any balance, are the "flicking" of the rocks in the bottom?

 

[Durham Fox]

That can't be correct. If there is no ammonia, I would expect to see Nitrites at this early stage. However, I would defo expect to see a little ammonia.

Are there fins clamped, have they lost any balance, are the "flicking" of the rocks in the bottom?

The water barely changes colour with the ammonia kit, very slight change but nowhere near the colour of 0.6.

Fins clamped?? No loss of balance to note and no flicking....

just gonna do quick nitrite test now to double check

 

[Durham Fox]

trace on the nitrites, not zero but only just over....

 

[Melton Fox]

T
Fins clamped??

Pulled in towards the body.

 

[Melton Fox]

trace on the nitrites, not zero but only just over....

OK, that means your filter is beginning to work. The bacteria are beginning to convert the ammonia into nitrite.

Do the 10% w/c, but I think your fish should be OK.

Do you walk directly past the tank regularly?

 

[Durham Fox]

Pulled in towards the body.

Couldnt really say tbh, not noticeably

If anything they seem to be 'pulsing' a bit

 

[Durham Fox]

OK, that means your filter is beginning to work. The bacteria are beginning to convert the ammonia into nitrite.

Do the 10% w/c, but I think your fish should be OK.

Do you walk directly past the tank regularly?

No not really, only when Im peering in wondering what the ****s wrong with them :icon_lol:

 

[Melton Fox]

No not really, only when Im peering in wondering what the ****s wrong with them :icon_lol:

All sounds fairly normalish. Just keep an eye on them for symptoms.

Do you have a book?

 

[Durham Fox]

All sounds fairly normalish. Just keep an eye on them for symptoms.

Do you have a book?

OK

No, the ****ing things have already cost me £200 this month :icon_lol:

so do the water change and stop feeding? or carry on??