hey guys, i was wondering if water hardness matters to stingray,,, soft or hard,, or does it matter if you are trying to breed them?
stingray water hardness
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Soft water with high pH is easier to deal with than the opposite. You should test your alkalinity and/or carbonate hardness (they should be fairly similar depending on your water source). If it's high you can add an acid to reduce the carbonates to carbon dioxide, which will gas off. Talk to some ray people about doing this first, as I have never done it with rays. I have used hydrochloric and phosphoric acid in planted tanks though.
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We have hard water and high ph. The rays could not be happier with it.
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Rely? What is your ph out of your tap and what do you keep your tanks at?
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Scott (skynoch) has raised & bred numerous rays in pH of 8.+, and TDS of 550-700+, bascially liquid rock. Like most species of fish stability is generally far more important than attempting to reach some magical number.
Past discussion on this subject;
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?423478-RO-water-for-rays
Past discussion on this subject;
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?423478-RO-water-for-rays
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my rays were in hard water, ph of 8.2 and were completely fine. they adapt to conditions very well.
