who use those additive... to soften up the water and give a tint to the water? or give the "amazon" look
Blackwater, peat, or catappa Leaves ... you use it for your pbass tank ?
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neoprodigy;624173; said:
it depends what region the bass came from...some live in blackwater very low ph where the addatives and leaves would be fine(certain rivers such as sections of the nannay ect hold ph values as low as 5.0 and lower in blackwater areas where some pbass reside)....others come from clear rivers with mild ph(azuls).
I used it in the past with some fish I had from very low ph areas...it is good if you can deal with the tint,but keep in mind you cannot use carbon in your system or it will remove the addatives/nutrients and tinting...so you would be basically counteracting each other...also it will lower your ph greatly...when I was using peat and blackwater extract I had a ph range of 5.2-5.3 that would sometimes dive lower...good for the cichla if they come from that but bad for others to adapt if they are not tolerant of low drops.
I used to use that stuff all the time! It sucks if your water is really hard, it doesn't do a thing! You also have to take all the carbon out of your filters if you want it to stay brown. I think that stuff is more a gimmic. I think drift wood and peat moss are the best for lowing the pH... it still takes time though...
I often wondered if the lower pH's made the colors of the fish come out better... I think I might have to try it and leave one of my tanks at a higher pH. As of now all my tanks are right around 6...!
I often wondered if the lower pH's made the colors of the fish come out better... I think I might have to try it and leave one of my tanks at a higher pH. As of now all my tanks are right around 6...!
i dont use it with bass cause well i dont hve anymore..but i do use it in all of my dwarf cichlid tanks..and it does bring out the color as well as breeding...
I keep mine around 6-6.2, I have really hard water in my area and the blackwater didn't really do much so I quit using it. I have 2 large pieces of driftwood that help keep my ph down and using some seachem discus buffer to lower my ph down to the 6-6.2 range only added it once to get it down from 7.4ish and now even with water changes it stays constant because the driftwood keeps it from getting that high again even though the water from the tap thats used in the change is about 7.4 ~Trent
how you keep the ph around 5.5-5.7 ?DIESELMACK;625386;625386 said:Steve I keep my orinos around 5.5-5.7 and the azuls are right at 6.7
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I have peat in the filters and drift wood... thats the best way. Well thats the way I do it and I'm pretty sure DM does it as well...
I also used almond leaves and soaked them in water before I added it to the tanks. It really softens the water and the pH seems to lower a lot quicker when I use it. The brown coloring goes away after a day or two due to the carbon in the filters...
I have peat in the filters and drift wood... thats the best way. Well thats the way I do it and I'm pretty sure DM does it as well...
I also used almond leaves and soaked them in water before I added it to the tanks. It really softens the water and the pH seems to lower a lot quicker when I use it. The brown coloring goes away after a day or two due to the carbon in the filters...