So much for reestablishing my tank....
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James - the longer the acclimation the better. No need to rush. 
Always safer taking longer time and adding smaller quantities of water.
Your water params are surprising. Do you happen to have Reverse Osmosis water in your house?
EDIT: PS: When adding water to their bag, don't take any out - just keep adding slowly.
Always safer taking longer time and adding smaller quantities of water. Your water params are surprising. Do you happen to have Reverse Osmosis water in your house?
EDIT: PS: When adding water to their bag, don't take any out - just keep adding slowly.
I've been noticing all this talk of buffers crashing and I'd like to note that my tap runs water that's something like pH of 7.8 or so and I've been able to maintain a pH of 6.5 for my betta and neons by adding pH lowering drops with each water change. Is this not a reasonable solution to his problem? I've never had my pH randomly rise again just because I didn't add new droplets...
Also, I'm thinking maybe it's something in your water. I know our well tap at my old house hald a lot of rust in it and wasn't really healthy for fish, even though the tests said it was. We had a gravel company behind our house blasting rock out of the mountains. It caused all kinds of sediments to leech into our water. Once we found out, we didn't even drink it!! O__O;;
Also, I'm thinking maybe it's something in your water. I know our well tap at my old house hald a lot of rust in it and wasn't really healthy for fish, even though the tests said it was. We had a gravel company behind our house blasting rock out of the mountains. It caused all kinds of sediments to leech into our water. Once we found out, we didn't even drink it!! O__O;;
Our beta tank is at 7.4 last we checked.and has been in that range for 7 months. The info iv read ranges from 6.0-8.0 for betas....
it is a device that forces water through a membrane, taking out everything and leaving just pure H2O
Weeser: Bettas hail from swampy areas in Thailand, they love the addition of blackwater extract to their tanks and do best in a lower pH as it mimics their natural habitat. For breeders, keeping a lower pH helps their bettas to 'get in the mood' and produce a larger, healthier clutch of eggs. The females respond to it and tend to breed more willingly.
Here's some pictures of the kinds of places wild bettas consider 'home'.
http://www.plakatthai.com/bettasmaragdina/bamboo.jpg
http://www.plakatthai.com/bettabreedingscene/bettapool2.jpg
http://www.ibanorum.netfirms.com/habitat-bb.jpg
http://www.ikanpemburu.com/Picture/kota_tinggi_crypt1_habitat.jpg
Link about individuals who went on and expedition to acquire bettas from a local Thai swamp (in English): http://images.google.com/imgres?img...at&start=20&gbv=2&ndsp=20&svnum=10&hl=en&sa=N
As you can see, these are shallow, hot, tropical pools full of decaying vegetation. They tend to be murky with yellow tannic water and a low pH. During the wet season monsoon rains flush these small pools full of fresh water that falls from the sky. This water naturally has a higher pH and a much different chemistry. The betta adapted to withstanding various pH levels because it was normal in it's environment to spend half the season in a medium to low pH and half in medium to high pH. This also explains much of their vigorous, hardy nature and the need for them to develop their labrynth organs.
Here's some pictures of the kinds of places wild bettas consider 'home'.
http://www.plakatthai.com/bettasmaragdina/bamboo.jpg
http://www.plakatthai.com/bettabreedingscene/bettapool2.jpg
http://www.ibanorum.netfirms.com/habitat-bb.jpg
http://www.ikanpemburu.com/Picture/kota_tinggi_crypt1_habitat.jpg
Link about individuals who went on and expedition to acquire bettas from a local Thai swamp (in English): http://images.google.com/imgres?img...at&start=20&gbv=2&ndsp=20&svnum=10&hl=en&sa=N
As you can see, these are shallow, hot, tropical pools full of decaying vegetation. They tend to be murky with yellow tannic water and a low pH. During the wet season monsoon rains flush these small pools full of fresh water that falls from the sky. This water naturally has a higher pH and a much different chemistry. The betta adapted to withstanding various pH levels because it was normal in it's environment to spend half the season in a medium to low pH and half in medium to high pH. This also explains much of their vigorous, hardy nature and the need for them to develop their labrynth organs.
Thats fine, good info also, we don't breed betas so thats not an issue for us, you had asked a question, and i stated the ph range from a few sites, our beta seems happy........
