lowering PH
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I don't know if this hyperlink will work. Its the result of a search (button in the upper right corner of this page) for
peat AND *filter*
cut and paste this so you get it with the asterisks and AND
here's the link to 33 threads on peat filtration:
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forum...id=26190&sortby=lastpost&sortorder=descending
peat AND *filter*
cut and paste this so you get it with the asterisks and AND
here's the link to 33 threads on peat filtration:
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forum...id=26190&sortby=lastpost&sortorder=descending
What is your ph now? What fish are you keeping? Why do you want to lower it? Most fish are bred in neutral water so a ph close to seven is acceptable even if that is not what the fish incures in the wild.
haha, I have 2 convicts, a jack dempsey and an oscar and the ph is a rediculous 8.3, I haven't got my hardness test kit yet, but will be soon. I want to breed the convicts in a 29 gallon
2 convicts... a jack depsey.. and an oscar... I hope they are in seperate tanks of appropriate size =)
Peat may or may not work for you... I tried peat filtration once, and it didn't work for me. All it did was turn my water brown. I believe it only makes a good impact if your water is not overly hard... my water is hard, so that would probably explain it. Another thing you can also try is putting in a fair sized piece of driftwood into your tanks. It essentially gives you the same effect as peat.
HTH
-Richer
Peat may or may not work for you... I tried peat filtration once, and it didn't work for me. All it did was turn my water brown. I believe it only makes a good impact if your water is not overly hard... my water is hard, so that would probably explain it. Another thing you can also try is putting in a fair sized piece of driftwood into your tanks. It essentially gives you the same effect as peat.
HTH
-Richer
Well, at least two of those fish will THRIVE in pH of 8.3, and I wouldn't worry too much about the Oscar, either, unless it was wild-caught. As long as you acclimated them to your water, they'll be fine in it and not die from alkalosis.
The very first Oscar seen-- in 1840-- had washed so far out at the mouth of the Amazon, they thoughtat first it was a marine fish.
Not a tale to justify salting the water, just an idea of how hardy Oscars are...
Not a tale to justify salting the water, just an idea of how hardy Oscars are...
Thats awesome about the oscar, very good news, I have my jack and oscar in a 125 alone for now, and the convicts are in a 29 gallon, both tanks show a ph of 8.3. I have a piece of driftwood in both tanks. Still a high ph.
Have you tried RO water? Maybe do a fifty percent change with RO water and then wait a day and do another one. I don't know if that would eat up the buffer or not in a PH like that but then maybe if it drops your pH you could do mixed water changes with RO and tap. Or you could just keep Africans.