Thanks for the feedback, I have a big block of bog wood and a small peice of driftwood in tank aswell as multiple plants, and here's information on water hardness if you'd be able to tell me what this means, my area is Lintrathen (no idea why it's that never heard of the place in my life) but are these levels safe aswell?peregrine said:If you use a water conditioner, they all take care of ((actually bind up)) any ammonia usually for 24 - 48 hours. I know Seachem Prime not only does ammonia but also heavy metals. And in any case your ammonia is actually fairly low. So as long as you treat it so it will clear out anything too harmful. One thing I do notice is you might want to get some peat moss, the PH level is a little high, depending on what fish you are planning on having.
on a side note. dang the scottish water information is crazy. Can only get about half that information here.
Okay thanks for the advice there, absolute beginner so still grasping all of this, understand the nitrogen cycle fully, just trying to work out the different elements in the water and how they affect fish, ill do a PH test just now on the tank and let you do what it says (done a 30% WC earlier)peregrine said:
From what I know, you do water changes in the tank to take out Nitrates, so if your tap water has higher Nitrates than your tank it may be a big problemGenavelle said:Hey can I throw in another question here, instead of making a new thread?
My fiance sent me a message today that I shouldn't drink the tap water, because our area has a "high nitrate advisory" right now. Well I was wondering if that would be a problem for changing the water in my tanks or not?
