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I didn't realize how necessary a water testing kit was at first, and am trying to convince my parents to buy one (hopefully a bigger tank too), so I was wondering what to do in the meantime?
I got Marlon from my best friend who had to move away, some nice old man won him from a crane game for her (yeah, but I guess the arcades take good care of them, it's still wrong I think.)
and they had him for I think 4 or 5 years. They gave him to me in july.
I live in japan and so far I haven't seen anything that looks like a testing kit here, will look harder though. I may have to order one since I can't read japanese well which will take a bit to arrive.
Right now in my 10 gallon tank, I have a waterfall type filter which uses a bio bag? I change about 30-40% of the water every week, picking up residue with a siphon. I make sure Marlon eats all his little pellets and doesn't leave any behind.
I also have a plant (Anacharis) which is growing pretty well since I had to cut it after having it for maybe two weeks.
Is this all fine for making sure the ammonia and nitrate levels are low, even if I can't test it for sure until I get a kit?
I got Marlon from my best friend who had to move away, some nice old man won him from a crane game for her (yeah, but I guess the arcades take good care of them, it's still wrong I think.)
and they had him for I think 4 or 5 years. They gave him to me in july.
I live in japan and so far I haven't seen anything that looks like a testing kit here, will look harder though. I may have to order one since I can't read japanese well which will take a bit to arrive.
Right now in my 10 gallon tank, I have a waterfall type filter which uses a bio bag? I change about 30-40% of the water every week, picking up residue with a siphon. I make sure Marlon eats all his little pellets and doesn't leave any behind.
I also have a plant (Anacharis) which is growing pretty well since I had to cut it after having it for maybe two weeks.
Is this all fine for making sure the ammonia and nitrate levels are low, even if I can't test it for sure until I get a kit?