How would you go about raising ph and hardness? I have an electric blue hap in a tank all by himself. I was thinking of putting him in my bigger tank and putting my pearl gouramis in the one he's in until I get my big tank built, because one of my angels sort of picks on one of them. Oscar andy advised me not to do this because of water differences between the fish and the hap might pick on the angels which I understand.
Up until now both tanks have had the exact same water ph 7.6 medium hard. So how would I go about raising ph and hardness in the tank the haps in. Would it really make any difference in how happy/healthy he is. I am not going to dump a bunch of chemicals in to change it, so is there something I can add to raise it and keep it stable. Thanks in advance. And sorry for the long windedness. niner
P.S. All fish seem healthy and happy. The only thing I noticed was the electric blue lost his intense blue about a week after I brought him home. Fed him a few small white clouds and giving him regular feedings of Gammarus along with his flake and he has been getting his color back steady ever since. He was only little about 1.5" when I got him, so I attributed the color loss to his small size. He has grown a little over an inch in about 2 months as I mentioned he is getting his color back so I thought all was fine. Do you think it could be the ph and hardness that cause color loss? Again sorry for the long windedness
Up until now both tanks have had the exact same water ph 7.6 medium hard. So how would I go about raising ph and hardness in the tank the haps in. Would it really make any difference in how happy/healthy he is. I am not going to dump a bunch of chemicals in to change it, so is there something I can add to raise it and keep it stable. Thanks in advance. And sorry for the long windedness. niner
P.S. All fish seem healthy and happy. The only thing I noticed was the electric blue lost his intense blue about a week after I brought him home. Fed him a few small white clouds and giving him regular feedings of Gammarus along with his flake and he has been getting his color back steady ever since. He was only little about 1.5" when I got him, so I attributed the color loss to his small size. He has grown a little over an inch in about 2 months as I mentioned he is getting his color back so I thought all was fine. Do you think it could be the ph and hardness that cause color loss? Again sorry for the long windedness