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Hi Guys,
First a little background info. Feel free to skip to the question, I wouldnt mind.
. My 65g tank has been running for 3 weeks with about 4 small plants. No lights yet and no fish. Using a Rena xp4. I have been doing about 10% water change every week. I also used seachem stability to seed the tank with bacteria. My pH is staying around 8. I added carbon to the filter just couple a days ago and getting a DIY CO2 system ready. All to try to bring the pH down. Currently I am using the API master test kit and the water parameters are:
pH: 8.0 - 8.2
Ammonia: 0.1
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: almost 0
Questions:
1.) What other parameter should I be checking for?
2.) What can I do to bring the pH down so I can start putting some fish in?
3.) Also, I seem to have some algae growing (http://www.aquariumforum.com/f2/filter-tube-getting-gunk-4150.html#post31823). What can I do to stop this?
4.) I rather not use a chemical to stop the alge. Can I put some gold apple snail (only thing available at our LFS) to make sure the algae doesn't spread to the tank from the filter tube?
First a little background info. Feel free to skip to the question, I wouldnt mind.
pH: 8.0 - 8.2
Ammonia: 0.1
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: almost 0
Questions:
1.) What other parameter should I be checking for?
2.) What can I do to bring the pH down so I can start putting some fish in?
3.) Also, I seem to have some algae growing (http://www.aquariumforum.com/f2/filter-tube-getting-gunk-4150.html#post31823). What can I do to stop this?
4.) I rather not use a chemical to stop the alge. Can I put some gold apple snail (only thing available at our LFS) to make sure the algae doesn't spread to the tank from the filter tube?