sueandherzoo
Active Member
I decided to test my water today at lunch to see if maybe I could think about adding a fish or SOMETHING to my tank soon. It's been up and running about 9 weeks now and all that's in there is a tiger pistol shrimp, a few blue-legged crabs, a few snails, and a feather duster. (and live rock and live sand, of course)
Ammonia is zero. Nitrite is probably zero (can't really see the difference in color between zero and the next level up on the color chart) and nitrates are at 15. However, PH is off the chart high! (the water in the test vial looked like red wine). Alkalinity is in the "normal" range but if I had to choose which side it was leaning towards it would be low.
So once again I will not go to the LFS after I leave the office, I will go home and try to figure out if I need to do something about this ph level. Your thoughts and knowledge would be appreciated. (I guess I'm just not meant to have fish.
Ammonia is zero. Nitrite is probably zero (can't really see the difference in color between zero and the next level up on the color chart) and nitrates are at 15. However, PH is off the chart high! (the water in the test vial looked like red wine). Alkalinity is in the "normal" range but if I had to choose which side it was leaning towards it would be low.
So once again I will not go to the LFS after I leave the office, I will go home and try to figure out if I need to do something about this ph level. Your thoughts and knowledge would be appreciated. (I guess I'm just not meant to have fish.