[L!$A]

Hey everyone.. as most of you know ben_mbu and I have a mbu puffer fish named Kaleeko. He has been acting pretty strange recently.. he hasn't eaten for 3 days. We put a cray in the tank.. and needless to say the cray is still alive. We have not changed anything recently.. other then the light schedule.

Test results from last night
pH: 6.4
Ammonia: 0
Nitrates: 50>20
Nitrites: 0
KH: 4 drops to yellow (soft)
GH: < 20mg

The only thing that I can possibly think of is the KH, GH and maybe pH but they are all stable and Kaleeko has been in these water parameters for almost a year and hasn't had any problems until now.. is he possibly becoming more senstive, or possibly sick??

 

[L!$A]

Grant, funny you say that, I was just talking about that with Ben last night.
Would a bit of Crush coral in a mesh bag in the filter be a good solution to keep the pH and KH/GH stable enough??

 

[L!$A]

aha, gotcha. what would be a solution for harder water are there other alternatives than just buffer?

 

[L!$A]

haha I love BC.. So salt it is then.

 

[L!$A]

Good to know, thanks

 

[L!$A]

Good news, he ate a little bit last night