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G'day Madmerv, Thanks for your reply. Here is a shot of the stuff I have now. Taken on my phone so the quality is definitely LQ. The only thing missing is the benibachi bee max but that is in the fridge till needed. I would love Seiryu stone but have read that it would raise the pH and hardness. I will be using RO/DI and adding GH+ so it may be possible to use less GH+ to get the pH to around 6-6.2. I am aiming for about 150 TDS. I am now looking at black+white agate but think this may have a similar issue. Another option may be slate. Don't fancy Dragon or Manten stone, although I may have to go down that route if I must have stone. The best option would be no stone but I want to use it to add false perspective, if at all possible with only 12" front to back. Mark.

Thanks will i though they may not have quite been sakura but wanted to check. Good to know about not being able to see berries in a sakura. If i sell the juvies ill list them as red cherry. Cheers again ?

You'll get so many different opinions on this. If one is using international standards then those are not quite Sakura i don't think. It is way too easy to see the berries. With a good Sakura lady you will not easily make out the berries I think. Having said that ive seen worse than thay sold as Sakura for sure.. Did you see the chart we have here? [emoji173] [emoji111] Will

Actually that's exactly what I was looking to do next. Got some appropriate bags coming in to put some peat into and will put them into my water tank and monitor the outcomes. If that works, I'll just need to set up a process and timing for treatment before water changes. Obviously will need to assess what actual pH reduction comes about versus discolouration of the water, etc. @Zoidburg Thanks so much. I feel lucky to be able to get the benefit of your hours of testing and patience.

Just updated to a newer version. Sidebar looks a lot better than before: Only on the front page of the forum at the moment while we test this out.

I think they r waxing when they r green so might be better off just not to use them. Are there any other Australian natives that arevsafe Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Others can advise better but if they are quite "waxy" then it might not be a good idea.

G'day Mate Sounds like you are pretty well set up. With regards to the rocks, it is pretty hit and miss depending on where the rocks come from. I'm in Perth and almost all local stone has some limestone in it. That is bad especially if you are using a lower PH. The only way to be positive the rock is not going to affect the water is to test is by putting it in your desired water and monitoring. I have some Seiryu stone in my RCS tank and it has not affected the water at all but i run PH 7.2 TDS 200-300. If it has increased the TDS by 20-50 or so i would not be able to tell and the PH is not really low enough to seriously dissolve any limestone between water changes for me to worry. Oh just a side note, i think all Seiryu stone now is not the real thing as the Jap government banned it's mining. This means it could have differing properties depending on where it was mined. Would love to see some photo's of your set up, even if it is just the tank with all the gear in boxes pilled in there. A set up journal is always best when started that way...Lol

Always good to pay it forward when I get lucky☺️ Can you please send me some info on the food bags you use Jamie @newbreed They are very nice and I wanted to order some to package dry ferts. Much appreciated mate. Cheers.

Good work @Zebra!! The SKF and Christmas spirit lives on!! Amazonia takes a good six weeks to cycle, hard to be patient I this hobby but well worth the wait. I have had culls from cherries and TBs thriving in Amazonia for well over eighteen months now. It will sit at lowph,at or below 6 for quite some time,but that's a good thing for Bluebolts and others TB types. Let it cycle and all will be well!!

I recently won some really cool prizes including a new tds pen. You can have my old one if you want, it still works fine. Idk maybe that's a hassle haha and it's easier to buy one off eBay. But I would like to see my old one put to use by someone.