New Tank

[sountfc]

R_noobsauce

[eklikewhoa]

what you want me to do, they guy doesnt own a kit, and i never had my water test by them. our best advice for him will be to go and buy a test kit.

eks advice would be, i dont own a test kit and my water is jsut fine the way it is!

I would always suggest to find someone nearby cause most members don't mind helping another out. I don't suggest test strips more less the big chains for anything .

What I do on my own is totally different, if I were to have problems or something was not in place then I would consider it but based off what I know and my experience I remedy it from there. I do go through precautions when I set up my tanks in comparison to many others which allows me to do well with the husbandry.

Just once in a while keep your mouth from running and soak in some good info. mnemenoi seems like a pretty patient guy and is really offering up some good information and taking the time to post it all thoroughly.... sit back and learn a few things R_noobsauce.

[R_sustaita]

what you want me to do, they guy doesnt own a kit, and i never had my water test by them. our best advice for him will be to go and buy a test kit.

eks advice would be, i dont own a test kit and my water is jsut fine the way it is!

[eklikewhoa]

what now?

passing on bad or incomplete advice.

[mnemenoi]

I agree, a good quality kit is a great investment. Just wanted to share what I have seen as an issue with those stores testing water

[R_sustaita]

what now?

[eklikewhoa]

petco does free water test, jsut take a good amount of it and they will test it for you.

well i dont take my water to them. i jsut got my master kit lol

[R_sustaita]

well i dont take my water to them. i jsut got my master kit lol

[mnemenoi]

petco does free water test, jsut take a good amount of it and they will test it for you.

Petco and most fish stores(chain stores) will test your water true, but they use test strips and most will only tell you your water is either OK or bad (bad meaning it will kill anything and is off their charts). Its just the nature of using employees that are only minimally aware of what they are testing for. Its better if you did your own tests or looked at what they are testing for and read your own results. I have seen far too many folk rely upon this method and get very bad advice/explanations for their test results

[R_sustaita]

petco does free water test, jsut take a good amount of it and they will test it for you.

[Chris.d514]

The powder blue gourami I moved from my daughters tank to mine had become king of the tank. He even chases the ram away from the shrimp pellets I drop for the corys.

[LooksLater]

Good call, never hurts to know for next time! Plus you can see how awesome my drop test kit is.

[Chris.d514]

I will save some just to find out but I should be getting the 10 for her on Thursday or Friday and be starting that soon just gonna need to get more sand and some plants for it.

[LooksLater]

If you were planning on coming to the northside tank tour and can't find anyone by then, bring some of your water and we'll test it for you.

[Chris.d514]

Anyone near Deer Park got a full test kit and willing to test my water for me to try and diagnose the problem with the tank?