Color secrets for Peacock Bass

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Keep your substrate don't waste your time adding crushed coral to the bottom of your tank :( Get a mesh bag fill it with the coral and add it to you filter. A nice thin layer could shoot!! your pH and is not a very good Idea.

Most that have this in their tanks and know the effects add it where they can quickly, intelligently and effectively remove it if they find they've made an error...
 
im not sure if epoxy will change your ph,but i will say that its almost certainly toxic,, there is a resin you can get for use in marine tanks for fraging, that sounds like a safer bet to me
 
:screwy: Heres another great example of....read the entire post before commenting....
He's running an undergravel filter so the substrait IS his filter:screwy:
 
danny;1165067; said:
whos that aimed at ?
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You DUh!!! :D

Just kidding :)

It's aimed at me .. but she is right i didn't read the whole post..
 
Perch Jerker;1162992; said:
i just tested my ph and it is at 6.0!! what method should i use to raise my ph and keep it at 7.6???????
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I have some questions??/

Why is your pH 6.0?

Where do you get your water?

If tap... What is the pH coming out of it?

What is the decor?

Has your pH always been that low?

And how old is your test kit?
 
Perch Jerker;1164837; said:
i feed them goldfish only right now. my ph of my tap water is roughly around 6.8 and when i set up my tank my ph was 6.8-7.0 and theen eventually dropped to 6.0 or lower then i do a big water change and that get's the ph back up 6.5 then it will drop back down to 6.0 or lower. I have dime sized gravel, undergravel filter, one large plastic plant, 4 large pieces of lava, and 5 fist sized rocks.
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Ya, my water is tap. My test kit is not more than 6 months old.

Thanks for all the help guys!
 
Like some of what the others said - It may be due to lower buffer in your water, which allows for the pH to swing down so fast. I've used crushed coral in a mesh bag and it works great.

Another note, you may consider cutting back a little on feeding the p-bass while you stablize the pH.

Since you are using an undergraval filter, one possible reason why the pH may be dropping so fast is due to the detris that is building up underneath the filter plate. If you haven't siphoned that stuff out in a while, that may be what you need to do.

Perch Jerker;1164837; said:
i feed them goldfish only right now. my ph of my tap water is roughly around 6.8 and when i set up my tank my ph was 6.8-7.0 and theen eventually dropped to 6.0 or lower then i do a big water change and that get's the ph back up 6.5 then it will drop back down to 6.0 or lower. I have dime sized gravel, undergravel filter, one large plastic plant, 4 large pieces of lava, and 5 fist sized rocks.
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Taboojen;1166149; said:
Like some of what the others said - It may be due to lower buffer in your water, which allows for the pH to swing down so fast. I've used crushed coral in a mesh bag and it works great.

Another note, you may consider cutting back a little on feeding the p-bass while you stablize the pH.

Since you are using an undergraval filter, one possible reason why the pH may be dropping so fast is due to the detris that is building up underneath the filter plate. If you haven't siphoned that stuff out in a while, that may be what you need to do.
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Yup, KH above 4.5 dH is necessary to provide adequate buffer.

Heavy feeding / high bio-load can quickly consume KH causing pH drop. Likewise, the build-up of waste in your filter.
 
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