Cory's sensitive to 4 year olds...

"Mr. Gardener" wrote in message
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On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 10:46:39 -0500, "NetMax"
wrote:

"muddyfox" wrote in message
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WOW - just did a 50% waterchange to kickstart my new regieme and the
corys seem back to their normal selves again! I don't really
understand why this is since my NO3 is not too high, unless the test
strips are under reading. (I'm using a tetra test dipstick for
nitrate
and AP wet test for pH, NH3/NH4+ and NO2.) Well, 35% twice weekly it
is. Might do slightly more for a week or so to get NO3 levels down,
assuming it's that causing the problem. Maybe testkits should be
sold
with a + or - value to their results so we can see how accurate they
are.

Thanks,

muddy


There's *** much *** more to water quality than we can measure with
_all_
our test kits. Reminds me, time to go do my water changes.

And a good part of the "much" that we can't measure with test kits can
be determined by looking at the fish and observing their behavior.
It's good to take some time and really watch your fish for a while
when they are new to your tanks, so that you have it fixed in your
mind how they're supposed to behave.

-- Mister Gardener

Couldn't have said it better myself, thanks Mister Gardener!
--
www.NetMax.tk

On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 13:19:22 -0500, "NetMax"
wrote:

"Mr. Gardener" wrote in message
news
On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 10:46:39 -0500, "NetMax"
wrote:

"muddyfox" wrote in message
egroups.com...
WOW - just did a 50% waterchange to kickstart my new regieme and the
corys seem back to their normal selves again! I don't really
understand why this is since my NO3 is not too high, unless the test
strips are under reading. (I'm using a tetra test dipstick for
nitrate
and AP wet test for pH, NH3/NH4+ and NO2.) Well, 35% twice weekly it
is. Might do slightly more for a week or so to get NO3 levels down,
assuming it's that causing the problem. Maybe testkits should be
sold
with a + or - value to their results so we can see how accurate they
are.

Thanks,

muddy


There's *** much *** more to water quality than we can measure with
_all_
our test kits. Reminds me, time to go do my water changes.

And a good part of the "much" that we can't measure with test kits can
be determined by looking at the fish and observing their behavior.
It's good to take some time and really watch your fish for a while
when they are new to your tanks, so that you have it fixed in your
mind how they're supposed to behave.

-- Mister Gardener

Couldn't have said it better myself, thanks Mister Gardener!

Now, if only we could get those people who look after humans' health
to follow the same advice.

And I don't mean "take two fish and call me in the morning".
-- Mister Gardener