Acidifying water, will either of these work?

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Dwarf Puffers

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I'd like to drop the Ph a bit in my cory tanks as I'll be doing cold water changes in the next day or two to go along with a pressure drop in the hopes they'll be triggered into a spawn. The Ph from the tap is slitghtly over 7, and I know most cories react well to a Ph drop associated with rain. Now, I don't have access to leaves as it's winter, and no commercial non-chemical Ph droppers either. So, will either of these work:

1. Melting snow? I know people use rainwater, and I don't see the difference between virgin snow from my field and water collected in a barrel or bucket. It would fulfill the cold factor, too.

2. Soaking tannin-filled driftwood overnight? I could pour the water into the tanks the next day. I have three tanks (one large), so this would be a less practical option, even if I could get a good amount of leeching.


If anyone has any other methods, please speak up, I haven't tried to safely buffer/drop my Ph before. Thanks in advance. -DP
 
DP what kind of cories are you trying to spawn?
 
I've heard of people melting snow, it seems to work pretty well and sounds like a good idea. Do you have access to peat moss?
 
I'm trying to spawn peppered and bronze in a community tank. I know, I know, not ideal conditions, but if I could just find out IF I can spawn this group and get a few fry in the process. And no, no access to peat moss I'd trust.
 
Can you see that the females are indeed fat with eggs? If they aren't, no matter what you do there won't be a spawn. The bronze are an aeneus and the females really get huge, to the point where right before they spawn you're starting to wonder if they have dropsy! I've spawned the aeneus, stebai and pygmaeus without touching the ph or lowering the temp. I do feed heavily year round on frozen bloodworms which keeps the females conditioned superbly. And while some spawns will take place when there's a barometric change or water temperature change, the spawns were ready to happen anyway. Mine spawn year round, though there's larger batches during the summer. I wouldn't mess with the ph at all.
 
I have a 3" peppered female and a 3" bronze female. Both pretty fat, I would assume so long without breeding they'd have eggs by now.
 
A lot of things influence spawning. Increase in protein in the diet being one of them. I can pretty much count on somebody (my sterbai) putting a few eggs on the glass within 48 hours of my letting them gorge on live white worms. From what I see, there's much more frequent spawning going in all spring and summer long than now. My group of sterbai are on breeding holiday right now, but because I'm still feeding them heavy on the bloodworms and live white worms, every so often they're letting a few eggs loose, just enough so that I can sell a half dozen here and there. Any idea how old they are?
 
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