Tips & Tricks to FIND WATER PARAMETERS WITHOUT Using Aquarium TEST KITS OR TOOLS.

How to make your own ph test solution from anthocynins (red/purple cabbage)
• NO AQUARIUM PH TEST KI...
Link to how plants, algae & blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) grow on a nutrient and elemental level!
"Nitrogen Crash & Recovery As a Lesson on Plants, Algae, cyanobacteria and limiting factors".
• NITROGEN CYCLE CRASH. ...
TIPS & TRICKS FOR FINDING WATER PARAMETERS, USING NATURAL CLUES & WITHOUT USING AQUARIUM TEST KITS OR TOOLS.
Ph, TDS, NUTRIENTS & MORE.
Ph- home reagent from cabbage
TDS - 10 TO 20 dollar probe... or you can evaporate water and with a finely tuned MG level scale, calculate the weight of
Ammonia / meds...foam. 10gallon aquariums takes a million drops...
Or MG of weight per liter of water evaporated.
part per billion is out of 10,000 gallon pool.
Ring around the glass
Green Algae - complex...but usually means too much light or elevated nitrogen, phosphates... lacking potassium, micros or carbon (co2)
Silicates- diatomaceous algae on hard surfaces.
NITROGEN shortage- old leaves fall away leaving rough stem (smooth is reachint for light) bottom leaves are clear or yellow/brown /pale and melting off,
New ones pale. Vivid when low but not dire. Also plants grow denser with low nitrates and grow less side shoots.
PHOSPHATE- veins look lighter, leaf darker and leaves fall away
POTASSIUM - holes in leaves, pin holes and yellowing edges
IRON - nerves/veins green with leaf yellowing
MAGNESIUM- dark color veins on older leaves.
MANGANESE- SPOTS, HOLES WHITE OR LIGHT EDGES.
CALCIUM - stunted wrinkled odd shaped leaves. Soap will react with calcium and leave a film on your hands If it is high
shells rings... calcium kh and gh
Hard water - delicate rotalas mayca, cabomba, tonina fl, dying ...
Fish colors red gills or eyes and gasping for air/foaming of water's
surface...ammonia or nitrite spikes or fish are living in incorrect ph

[@marypaigeflynn4512]

Thank you so much Alex!! And yes I'm still here just made me in the background a little bit!! These videos really help so much especially when you're a budget fish keeper just trying to do the best you can ✨🌿🐟🌿💪💥🤍

[@MissChelle]

Awesome info! Thanks Matey❤️🇦🇺

[@marybrooks9098]

I love this part of our hobby. Thank you for the information, now i gotta go stare at leaves for a few hours...

[@Fishtory]

Haha have fun

[@chrishowell4775]

Very informative video so helpful for everyone

[@AlpacaMade]

Aquatic photography is hard [full stop] You lucky guy, your Angels work overtime to present the best show of their coloration and iridescence to make you look good...even at the expense of the main topic.😂👍

[@Fishtory]

Totally

[@JoseTorres-fn1vk]

I learned so much off you thanks you're the best man

[@Fishtory]

Thats far too kind of you to say

[@dsorats2231]

Nice video! I have some yellowing on an anubias and this helps. Also, my aquarium smells like earthy dirt so all good I guess!

[@potatobastard9876]

Incredible! you are such a scholar Have a great day! your videos always improve my days 🦑

[@drinesantos8596]

Thank you so much for the great video 😊

[@Fishtory]

Im so glad you enjoyed it! Happy New Years!

[@ryanoakes4629]

Loving your channel…great in-depth info…hello from Toronto Canada…❤

[@Fishtory]

Thanks you so much! Hello from Seattle!

[@1Kent]

Information packed video, good job.👍

[@Fishtory]

Thanks

[@skydancer4412]

Great video.Thanks for sharing.Have a great day.

[@Fishtory]

Thanks for tuning in

[@jojocool555]

Amazing Top, Top info. X X

[@Fishtory]

Thanks

[@JoseTorres-fn1vk]

I needed this

[@Fishtory]

I'm happy i could be of use

[@plantlover69]

Great video, I just saw the API test kit at the store has doubled in price since I bought it a year ago. Definitely will use these hacks when I run out of the test kit

[@Fishtory]

It helps to check with the API tests or some sort of test strip while you learn to get the hang of it...but once you start getting good at reading the Ecology! You wont need the kits anymore

[@dragolinu]

amazing info

[@Fishtory]

Thanks

[@bignubles]

My canary in the coal mine is cardinal tetra, they're color change is day and night.

[@Fishtory]

Very true. Great fish for that

[@bignubles]

@@Fishtory not to mention they are absolutely stunning! And thank you so much for being so interactive with viewers. You're my go to KZbinr for fish and plants. You're the absolute best, thank you so much for everything you do.

[@Fishtory]

@bignubles no problem. I try and read most the comments. I spent 4 hours dedicated daily to writing and aquarium Support hehe. The channel is at a size where I do miss some people now though, so If you are in need of assistance, just ask again another spot. Thanks for your support 🙏 . Cheers!

[@joycehendry3595]

Thank you for this vid I stopped using testing kits years ago & have also been using my plants to suss the water parameters Of to watch your smell tank vid PS do not use testing kits since I used 4 on my tank water same time ALL of them gave different results

[@Fishtory]

Right on

[@dezaraeohanlon908]

I have been on a water perimeter marathon on your channel. I have a question. When I am testing my water with test kits, what are the ideal perimeters? All I have figured out is that nitrates should never be higher than 40ppm for thriving fish. I also have a pH of 8 in my area. I have added Indian almond leaves and there is wood that is supposed to act a lot like the leafs, but I cannot remember the name. Regardless, in five months with three aquariums, I have not seen the pH go down. Do you think that's a big deal? I have bettas, ghost shrimp, all kinds of plants and snails. What should the nitrites and ammonia be kept at? You also mentioned something about ammonium? If I understand correctly, it's not something I will deal with, with my high pH? Or is it? If so, is there a test for that one? I know this is a ton of questions, but I'm overwhelmed with all the information and decided I would just ask. I have been trying to remember to go through your channel to use the Amazon links for my shopping to help you out. I really do appreciate all your videos!

[@Fishtory]

The fact that you care at all... means your tank is likely very nice compared to most. For an Amazonian type waterway you would ideally want to see 4 to 10 kh and gh, a ph between 6.0 and 7.4 , temp 76-84f a TDS of 50- 250 ppm No ammonia. No nitrites and 0 to 60ppm nitrates with plants enjoying 20 to 50 ppm nitrates. Without plants, its ideal to just have 0 nitrates, nitrites or ammonia ...meaning your biological filtration is 100% effective at transforming your biological waste. Cheers!

[@dezaraeohanlon908]

Thank you so much for the speedy reply. We are just getting over a sickness that kicked our rears, so I'm a little slow on my end. 🥴 My pH is naturally at 8.0 in my area. I have added different things that are supposed to lower it naturally, but I do not see it budge. Do you think it's OK to just let it be as long as it never climbs? How often should a person check for pH? Does that really change much?

[@dellseasandoval8187]

Super helpful. Will the sea chem Flourish kill any of my plants like the vowel, because I know not to use the sea chem excel or also called flourish excel because you said once in the video that you think that will kill the Val. Am I understanding this correctly I desperately need your help on this one.

[@Fishtory]

Yeea it usually will kill any valesanaria species, along with a few types of crypts I've heard

[@nathanielreichert4638]

Test your aquarium’s water by looking at the life in it, then do the boiled cabbage test. You are father fish on speed

[@Midkarthika]

Which kind of aquarium light it is and what was the brand name?

[@Fishtory]

It's a fluval planted plus 3.0

[@64simon]

Do i need carbonate hardness to grow plants

[@Fishtory]

A little for sure

[@dragolinu]

there is a visual clue in malasyan trumphets?

[@Fishtory]

Maybe but its not super obvious unless they are in super soft water and shells arent forming correctly

[@dragolinu]

@@Fishtory my ph is on 5 and i have a explosion in the tank =(

[@dragolinu]

@@Fishtory it's what i have in my tank they are thriving here , but they dont have much diference from one another there was a explosion but i've controlled food for a couple days and they are now controlled , but still i think the ones who died are generating amonia on my tank .

[@Fishtory]

@Felipe Bortoli yeah, try putting some broccoli or food in the tank, after dark, and wait an hour, then go back and check how many snails you truly have

[@rehan8867]

27:39 meanwhile me whose smelling ability is messed up after getting covid☺

[@DashDrones]

11:40 #6 normal leave😂

[@Fishtory]

Lol

[@Smalltimetanks]

God I hate ramhorn and other pest snails lol I believe the eggs they put on plants put the holes in the leaves! Trumpet are not bad but other pest snails boo ! I can't nuke them because I got mystery snails going ha ha I do find mystery snails nock the other's back but they alway seem to come back !

[@Smalltimetanks]

Could be pleco, but I only see snails on the plant!

[@Fishtory]

Good point