Peat as a filter media
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Peat moss, will lower your PH and your GH. also it will stain your water a nice tea colour. it is good for discus, tetras, rams, angels or any other amazon fish.
The best way to use it is to put some in a kneehigh like a sausage.. and soak it / rinse it very well, and stick it in a HOB filter (aquaclear etc.). you can put it in canisters as well but I have never done it. You can also soak it in buckets, and pour the buckets of water into your tank during water changes.
it would be a good idea to watch your PH closely if you start using peat you don't want it going down too fast.
The best way to use it is to put some in a kneehigh like a sausage.. and soak it / rinse it very well, and stick it in a HOB filter (aquaclear etc.). you can put it in canisters as well but I have never done it. You can also soak it in buckets, and pour the buckets of water into your tank during water changes.
it would be a good idea to watch your PH closely if you start using peat you don't want it going down too fast.
I use it both ways that Somonas outlined, for the discus/rams, and the Angelfish/apistos/little discus.
I use filter baggies as knee-highs disintegrate/rot after a couple of months.
I use the granulated peat (Fluval) IN the filters, and garden peat moss (nothing else added, 100% peat) in baggies in buckets for changewater.
Water out of the tap is pH 7.8 KH5 GH11, after 24 hours in the buckets pH6.4 KH2/3 and GH 10/11.
Tanks with the peat in the filter WITH altered changewater pH 6.8 KH 4
Tanks with peat in the filter, changewater straight from tap pH 7.2 KH4
I COULD use more peat in the filters, but I know just what to expect with what I have going on now, and wouldn't want to crash the system by fiddling too much.
I use filter baggies as knee-highs disintegrate/rot after a couple of months.
I use the granulated peat (Fluval) IN the filters, and garden peat moss (nothing else added, 100% peat) in baggies in buckets for changewater.
Water out of the tap is pH 7.8 KH5 GH11, after 24 hours in the buckets pH6.4 KH2/3 and GH 10/11.
Tanks with the peat in the filter WITH altered changewater pH 6.8 KH 4
Tanks with peat in the filter, changewater straight from tap pH 7.2 KH4
I COULD use more peat in the filters, but I know just what to expect with what I have going on now, and wouldn't want to crash the system by fiddling too much.