Making water more acidic...
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What's your pH at now? It's not usually a good idea to mess with pH.
If it's for breeding fish, it's normally the hardness that's more important. You can mix your tapwater with RO (reverse osmosis) water to lower both your hardness and pH, but you will need to mix it at the same ratio at each water change.
In a dry climate, or when you have heating or air conditioning running, it's not unusual to lose a little water each day. Just top off with dechlorinated water, and it should be fine.
If it's for breeding fish, it's normally the hardness that's more important. You can mix your tapwater with RO (reverse osmosis) water to lower both your hardness and pH, but you will need to mix it at the same ratio at each water change.
In a dry climate, or when you have heating or air conditioning running, it's not unusual to lose a little water each day. Just top off with dechlorinated water, and it should be fine.
ohhh? I thought certain fish like to have a lower ph...or softer water? That is what I read and was told...at fish chanel dot com all these different fish got all these different ph levels! I was getting really mad because I was thinking, "Crap, now I can't have all the fish I thought I could." I hope your the fish expert I think you are, because I'll do alot of the things you say for sure! Some make a lot of sense to me too....
Most common fish will do fine in a wide range of pH. I keep almost all my tanks at 7.6 to 7.8 and haven't had problems. Guppies and bettas will be fine in almost any tapwater pH.
Some sensitive fish such as rams or some of the uncommon tetras or wild caught altum angels won't do well in certain pHs, but those are fish you should think twice about before getting anyway.
Some sensitive fish such as rams or some of the uncommon tetras or wild caught altum angels won't do well in certain pHs, but those are fish you should think twice about before getting anyway.
