Re: conductivity question

[David Sanchez <barbax2@yahoo.com>]

Like I said Coby the pollution is mainly causing you
rise in counductivity. As mIke w said a few things
such as stuff in teh gravel amy also . I have that
controlled in my tanks as I use safe sand that will
not affect hardness. Personaly I wouldnt use any
additives your water is pretty good and withthe use of
peat you should be able to get pretty good water for
you Dicrosus you may add some distlled or RO water to
dillute it down further. The key is to check your KH
you want to get it to 0 or as close to 0 as you can
using the peat filter. The additive is greatly
contributing to your rise in counductivity as well. I
suggest again dont use it its useless in my book. I
have bred more Apistos then I can remember in just
plain RO water no additives at all. That stuff is for
the chemical companies to make money becasue APISTOS
WILL BREED JUST FINE IN IT. Sorry for the caps im
taking the wife out and im in a rush, not gonna retype
LOL talk to you folks tommorrow and maybe ill get ya a
better answer tommorrow as well :)  I have bred a few
Dicrosus species and ill be happy to outline my method
for breeding them. I just bred more D.maculatus then I
know what to do with :) a good thing I think? later
everyone.

Dave


--- the dude <theoutlaw_torn@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Dave,
> 
> My hardness is less the 20ppm but my conductivity is
> 570mincroseiems??
> This is after I just took out all the water and
> plants as well as rinsing 
> the sand to clean it (setting it up for a new fish).
> How could the conductivity be so high. I had put
> some water hardening powder 
> in called equallibrium, however the hardness is
> still only 20ppm. So what is 
> causing that conductivity?
> Will kribensis, A. cacatuoides, and A. trifasciata
> spawn with water at ph 
> 6.4 20ppm but 500microsiemens? Or what can I do do
> change it?
> 
> coby
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