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Mscott19833

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Absolute novice here... 

Can someone please tell me in a cichlid tank what do you test your water for and what are the parameters?  Obviously I know about ph,  what else do you test for. 

You guys are probably going to get sick of my basic questions. 

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the other tests are usually

kH carbonate harness

gH general hardness

nitrate

nitrite

ammonia

depending on the fish and it's water parameters you may need to adjust the hardness levels

usually up if it's Malawi, Tang or Central Americans with what they give us from the tap

don't know what your water parameters are straight from the tap in Shepparton and testing

that is what gives you a base reading to adjust from with the tanks

nitrate, nitrite and ammonia indicate how your biological filtration is opperating

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