lowering PH.. safe and easy
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i have the freshwater master test kit by API (aquarium pharmaceuticals) and it tests for ph, high range ph, ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate levels. that sucks it was like $42.
but still wondering if my blue ram is going to be okay. maybe i should go and get a test for softness and hardness of my water.
but still wondering if my blue ram is going to be okay. maybe i should go and get a test for softness and hardness of my water.
Fish will adapt to your water as long as long as you keep it stable, changing it usually is pointless unless it's way off the charts.
Although I would like to hear the answer to your initial question, my water seem to be suiting my GBR's fine for now, but I would like them to breed at some point, so I will need to stabalize the water out for them.
Although I would like to hear the answer to your initial question, my water seem to be suiting my GBR's fine for now, but I would like them to breed at some point, so I will need to stabalize the water out for them.
I would normally suggest making your tank a blackwater affair, but you have some livebearers in there as well so I would just stick with the steady parameters you have now.
Truly the rams and many of the other fish you have would really thrive in the blackwater conditions, the livebearers would be less happy. Keep it where it is. Nice happy medium.
Truly the rams and many of the other fish you have would really thrive in the blackwater conditions, the livebearers would be less happy. Keep it where it is. Nice happy medium.
By black water he means soft and acidic. The acidic part is due to the level of tannins in the water making it tea color. This is considered "black water".
Generally speaking, if you have high PH you have hard or at least semi hard water.
<-------Including my group of those, I have more "black water" species living in Florida water Ph 7.8-8.0 than you can shake a stick at. All are doing fine.\
What you are reading is just the generalist crap that is posted on the net about them. They will do fine in your current water, but eggs will not normally make it and that's "if" they spawn. No need to make any changes. Stability and avoiding extreme levels is more important than "proper levels".
Generally speaking, if you have high PH you have hard or at least semi hard water.
<-------Including my group of those, I have more "black water" species living in Florida water Ph 7.8-8.0 than you can shake a stick at. All are doing fine.\
What you are reading is just the generalist crap that is posted on the net about them. They will do fine in your current water, but eggs will not normally make it and that's "if" they spawn. No need to make any changes. Stability and avoiding extreme levels is more important than "proper levels".
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