Help Me

[Dobber]

yes carbonate hardness is at 90 and also the frekin xenias are dying but i think it is because my temp is fluctuating too much i woke up this morning and checked the temp and it was 70 a big jump from 80 last night i also definetly need more flow and also my xenias aren't even opening up they shrunk and closed right up but yes i had one pair of mandarines breed and it was sooo cool

[Pan]

Xenia like a high PH, and Iodide seems to make them pulse.

[Dobber]

my ph is about 8.4 what do you think high enough i mean they really look terrible they look like hairs compared to wat they were when i got them

[Joe Reefer]

What units are the 90 carbonate hardness in? If its in "american degrees of hardness" or mg/L then your alk is at about 1.8 meq/L or 5 dKH which is low and could be a problem.

[mseepman]

Tom,

If your temp dropped to 70, then your heaters are either not working or not set right. A big temp change like that has got to be hard on your fish too.

[Dobber]

figured out the heating problem the socket that the one heater was plugged into burnt out so that is now fixed and my temp is no longer a problem and yes the alkalinity is sitting at 90 mg/L let me remind you all that i am running

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