Re: [RML] Melanotaenia trifasciata and pH

Bruce Hansen (bruceh at powerup.com.au)
Mon, 16 Aug 1999 08:06:20 +1000

Wright, Harro and Adrian have given us a distillation of a huge amount of
research and experience and perhaps we should be examining the various
buffer systems that may be operating in our tanks. Obviously the starting
water, substrate, water change makeup and frequency, fishfoods, fish load,
plants and their associated photosynthetic and respiratory responses etc all
have an effect. Then there is the ongoing and progressive responses to
biological breakdowns occurring in our tanks all of which change these
dynamic systems.

Most hobbyists would like to avoid water testing or at least reduce it to a
minimum so if we could design a dip stick test with several bands on it
(like I use at the surgery for urine tests) that only needed to be used once
a week for each tank and the results could be compared ona graph corrected
for say pH and temperature for example then we could watch out for the
appropriate potential disasters - we might even get a manufacturer to become
inerested.

Regards,
Bruce.

Bruce Hansen, A.N.G.F.A., Advancing Australian Aquatics.

Bruce Hansen, ANGFA, caring for our aquatic ecosystems.

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