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rheann
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Today, i washed the sand that I bought really really well and the water ran clear. It took me a great deal of time. I also cleaned out all of the water and gravel in my tank. I am goign to save the gravel. I washed the inside of the tank and scrubbed it, made it nice but some of the old water stain wouldn't come off, but thats ok, i don't mind too much
. After that, i put the sand in. I still have so much sand left over. i'm going to save it for when i get a 20 gallon Tank. I filled the tank with tap-water. I have a question about this though. I tested the water, turns out with out declorinater this is the test strips reading:
Total Chlorine 0
Free Chlorine .5
Then it sais subtract Free Chlorine reading from Total Chlorine to determine chloramine level and I get -.5
Is this bad? Which brand of De-clorinater would work best? I have used Repti-safe, but it removes Ph from the water. I thanks to some nice people here willing to help, I found out that Axies thrive in water with 7.0 pH or higher, so i don't want to use the repti-safe anymore unless i have to. I have a bottle of Bio-safe for tropical fish from Marinland products, i think thats the company. It sais on the bottle that it eliminates toxic chlorine, Chloramine, and ammonia in tap water. Would this be safe to use for Axies? I didn't get a chance to pick up the pH testing kit today, too busy cleaning but i am tomorrow for sure, and I'm also going to look for a testing kit that will test for Nitrate (spelling?) and other chemicals from my favorite pet store, pets mart. I'm sorry to bug you guys for so many answers, i feel so stupid. I just like how everyone is so nice here, and its so fun to talk to others about these things
When I get my axie, i'll post pics up for you. I am going to let my tank run for a week or so until i get my little buddy. bigalsonline.com is also very helpful. I just ordered Black Silicone from there, and will be returning the stuff I already bought back to home depot. tomorrow. Thanks guys.

Total Chlorine 0
Free Chlorine .5
Then it sais subtract Free Chlorine reading from Total Chlorine to determine chloramine level and I get -.5
Is this bad? Which brand of De-clorinater would work best? I have used Repti-safe, but it removes Ph from the water. I thanks to some nice people here willing to help, I found out that Axies thrive in water with 7.0 pH or higher, so i don't want to use the repti-safe anymore unless i have to. I have a bottle of Bio-safe for tropical fish from Marinland products, i think thats the company. It sais on the bottle that it eliminates toxic chlorine, Chloramine, and ammonia in tap water. Would this be safe to use for Axies? I didn't get a chance to pick up the pH testing kit today, too busy cleaning but i am tomorrow for sure, and I'm also going to look for a testing kit that will test for Nitrate (spelling?) and other chemicals from my favorite pet store, pets mart. I'm sorry to bug you guys for so many answers, i feel so stupid. I just like how everyone is so nice here, and its so fun to talk to others about these things
