anyone else that may know something about water ph. I've been trying to lower the ph in my tap water for my pinkskin to 6.5-6.8. The ph buffer I've used wont even budge it.Maybe I need to soften the water first. The reason I'm trying this is to see if there will be any type of color change at a lower ph and I've read where they like a lower ph any way. Any ideas are welcome. Thanks,Steve
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PH question for MikeST or..............
SteveH
Aug 28, 2005 09:10 PM
Replies (3)
Mike Stefani
Aug 29, 2005 09:09 AM
Steve
I have found that these PH lowering products are designed to work over the long run. Like for fish tanks. You see as turtle keepers we completely or partialy change our water too often for these products to work. Your throwing your $ down the drain. The best advice I can offer is to use root ball systems or drift wood. These are natural hides and they do acidify your water PLUS they are FREE!
Over time they stop leaching(staining) your water and are your best bet.
Good Luck
Mike
Alligator Snappers!
SteveH
Aug 29, 2005 09:28 PM
Thanks Mike, its been a few years since I've kept an aquarium with fish. Thanks for the info.
MikeST
Sep 06, 2005 01:42 PM
Hey Steve...
sorry...I've been on vacation..Just got back today.
I have to agree on the water change thing.
Seems like I change water so often..its alwasy going up and down and I think that might cause more harm.
Anyway...I used to raise a lot of south american fish.
Cichlids as well as angelfish and discus.
The fish that are part of the amazon river system can have really acidic water. Some of it is tinted almost like tea.
I used to put coconut shells in , but I don't know if they change the PH much.. I homestly dodn't remember what else. I think I used to use peat moss also.
Tints the water brown and lowers the PH.
When I raised a lot of killie fish...I used jiffy peat pellets .They breed in it and it tints the water also.
You can buy them on-line really cheap ( aquabid)
It can make the water look dirty, but it really isn't.
I think if you also treated your reserve water before changes...it would work.
The peat pellets work well because they are cheap and you can count how many you add and repeat yourself.
Hey...hows Houston after the hurricane?
