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no i do not have a test for gh or kh.. perhaps i should get some. after i made the last post.. i left the house for a few hours to run some errands.. meanwhile my boyfriend came home and thought it would be a good idea to put the clown back in the big tank. when he told me what he did i was very wor...

thanks for such a quick response the original tank's parameters are pH 8.0, ammonia 0.25, nitrite 0.50, nitrate 5.0. the new tank's parameters are pH 8.2, ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 0. my clown has already been in the new water for over 12 hours now. do i need to acclimate him back into his old w...

last night i transferred two of my clown loaches and two of my angelicus botias to a newly cycled 75 gallon tank without acclimating them. (i know... definately a bad idea) for an hour they seemed to be doing fine, but then my larger clown, about 4 inches, began having trouble swimming and bumping i...