First DIY stand

gravel_digger

gravel_digger

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nice looking build are you going to enclose it, stain it or keep the simple as is look? either way again nice looking job.....
 
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cpitt

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haha Jefft if you can move that 220, when I leave for Afgan u can watch it! lol

Yea i plan to wrap it in an Oak Plywood and build a matching canopy next Sunday, trying to find a better substrate than sand, my PH is to low.
 
daninmd

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cpitt said:
haha Jefft if you can move that 220, when I leave for Afgan u can watch it! lol

Yea i plan to wrap it in an Oak Plywood and build a matching canopy next Sunday, trying to find a better substrate than sand, my PH is to low.
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from my experience, dont try and use subtrate to buffer your water. just use baking soda. its super cheap and will keep your pH more consistent. the problem with substrate is that it take a long time for it to buffer water, so when you do a water change you add a bunch of water with a low pH and then it has to gradually inch back up. so you start with water in your tank at 8+, do a big water change and make it lower to around 7, then it inches back up to 8 again. then you do another water change.

i like to just add baking soda to my water as i do a water change, that way the pH is constant at 8+ and doesnt go up and down. i think its better for the fish in the long run. plus baking soda is super cheap
 
daninmd

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daninmd said:
from my experience, dont try and use subtrate to buffer your water. just use baking soda. its super cheap and will keep your pH more consistent. the problem with substrate is that it take a long time for it to buffer water, so when you do a water change you add a bunch of water with a low pH and then it has to gradually inch back up. so you start with water in your tank at 8+, do a big water change and make it lower to around 7, then it inches back up to 8 again. then you do another water change.

i like to just add baking soda to my water as i do a water change, that way the pH is constant at 8+ and doesnt go up and down. i think its better for the fish in the long run. plus baking soda is super cheap
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saw your other posts about the cost of baking soda. go to a feed store, you should be able to get a 50lb bag of it really cheap. i bought mine years ago from a feed store. think i got a 50lb bag for about $8 or so, but that was a while ago and in florida,
 
gravel_digger

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so you use baking soda to manage your ph, i never heard of that technique before. it sounds as if you have been doing it for awhile with of success. i need to do some research on this technique
 
verbal

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gravel_digger said:
so you use baking soda to manage your ph, i never heard of that technique before. it sounds as if you have been doing it for awhile with of success. i need to do some research on this technique
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Baking soda is a weak base, so it will give you a pH of around 8. You will increase your hardness, so you don't want to go completely overboard. I think cichlid-forum has a DIY "African Salt" mix that is a mix of Baking powder and Epsom Salts(to increase hardness).
 
chriscoli

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dogofwar said:
and pooping as well!

Matt
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Sorry to hijack the thread, but...

I really have to wonder about that. Just because Epsom salts are a laxative in mammals, why would they be one in fish?

Yes, I hear people say it all the time....but so far, all I've read about is anecdotal. It seriously think it's urban legend. :D
 
daninmd

daninmd

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chriscoli said:
Sorry to hijack the thread, but...

I really have to wonder about that. Just because Epsom salts are a laxative in mammals, why would they be one in fish?

Yes, I hear people say it all the time....but so far, all I've read about is anecdotal. It seriously think it's urban legend. :D
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i really dont see how its possible for my cichlids to actually poop MORE, lol
 
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