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Usually its a bad idea to mess with your Ph. Your fish are much better of with just the stable Ph of your tank then if you try to mess with it. Not only does changing the Ph make things more difficult on you, but it can also cause swings in your Ph if your not careful too. The large changes of Ph can cause stress to your fish and probably kill them if it happens enough. I will admit I'm not an expert on this stuff but I'm pretty positive that you don't really want to mess with your Ph.
Any other opinions to back me up or prove me wrong would be great.
Any other opinions to back me up or prove me wrong would be great.
Insted of messing with chemicals, look into reverse osmosis water. It can be found outside of almost any grocery store .... $0.35 a gal .... with a ph of 7 and its free of chlorine and other things you don't really want in your water. NOTE .... though small water changes you will get the desired ph.
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Most of the time any fish you're going to buy will be fine in whatever ph your tap water is. Just make sure that you introduce the fish gradually from the fish store water to your water.
The exceptions to this are if you are raising certain cichlids (in which case you need to raise your ph, not level it off to 7) or you are trying to breed certain fish (which usually require something other then the neutral 7).
Messing with the PH usually just means that you are going to stress the fish whenever you do a water change - because the ph will flux.
The exceptions to this are if you are raising certain cichlids (in which case you need to raise your ph, not level it off to 7) or you are trying to breed certain fish (which usually require something other then the neutral 7).
Messing with the PH usually just means that you are going to stress the fish whenever you do a water change - because the ph will flux.
The problem with messing with your natural PH is that it's very very hard to keep it at that level. For example...You treat your 10 gallon tank to get the PH to 7.0. You do a water change, and treat the new water in the bucket and add that to the tank (assuming you can measure out EXACTLY how much is needed to get the new water's PH correct), now the water in your tanks PH will swing as the new water mixes with the old. This creates PH swings and fish hate that more than just a low or high stable and steady PH. Unless you're trying to breed or keep a very specific type of fish, I would NOT start messing with your PH.
I would recommend using your water alone right now unless you have a specific reason that you are trying to get a pH of 7.
What type of fish are you trying to keep? What is your pH now?
I wouldn't try and mess with anything right now. Your fish will be happier(word?) if you are more concerned with water changes then the pH.
What type of fish are you trying to keep? What is your pH now?
I wouldn't try and mess with anything right now. Your fish will be happier(word?) if you are more concerned with water changes then the pH.
Neons aren't generally bred in captivity from what I've read. A lot of the ones you buy from the store are caught in the wild since they are so hard to breed. Also keep in mind that even if you manage to get some fry from your danios, you'll need to feed them microscopic foods. It takes a lot of time to successfully raise egglayer fry successfully. I would NOT mess with your PH regardless.