Hi, completely new here. Not sure I’m in right place or not.
got in 4 gbrs from online (I. T.), put them in 20 gal quarantine tank at 86 degrees. Was my Daddy Platy tank so has been running for a year stabile. Gh 5 kh 6 0 ammonia 0nitrite 5-10 nitrate. (Lots of hornwort) dwarf sag and swords. Ph 7.6 apparently. Have now lost 3 of 4 very frustrated with this. Angels in same tank also quarantined. And 2 rainbows for a short bit. They seem fine, worried about the lone ram. Trying to set up stabile water for 100 plus animals of all sorts. Most tanks are moderately planted. One 40 gallon dark tank. With lots of glow fish. My daughter likes glow fish
more info… on well water. Very hard water with iron bacteria in the well. To the point it turns sidewalks rust colored when watering the grass outside
Running 240 gallons of aquariums by ro water only. Using seachem equilibrium, acid and alkaline buffers trying to produce neutral stable water ph around 7 . Kh of 3, gh of 7. Apparently missed on ph of 7.
everything is mostly stable. Fish loss is minimal. Water changes should be more frequent. But water changes are a no joke ton of work. (Also relaxing, but I farm and water changes come after work) Have thought about putting system in the basement to reserve 150 gallons of ro. Using 30 gallon tote now.