How to Raise PH level?
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I use sodium bicarbonate , aka baking soda with every water change..keeps my PH from crashing........
http://dataguru.org/misc/aquarium/calKH.asp
http://dataguru.org/misc/aquarium/calKH.asp
i had a few snakeheads at 7.6ph for years and never had a problem.
though this is just my experience.
though this is just my experience.
snakeheads are quite tolerable of a wide range of ph levels , but they prefer low ph and often show better colouration in low ph , another factor is in high ph a lot of channa get fungas and and eggs are useally destroyed by fungas
i would not mess about with your ph ,i certanly would not put any crushed coral in a channa tank , in fact i put almond leaves in many of my tanks to lower ph , they also heal much faster with the almond leaves in there tank .
i would not do weekly water changes either ,stability is the key with channa and on the odd occasion i do a large water change (useally because i have forgot iam draining out) i trickle the water back in through a carbon block over 4 hours approx .
if you have sufficiant filteration and you do not overfeed ,you have some plants in there ,then you should not need to do large changes or changes every week , the minumun i change any water in the channa tanks is every six weeks but useally every 2 months or more . and i never have problems with water quality , in fact my sp five stripe tank has not been changed for 8 weeks now and yesterday a pair started mock spawing.
i have kept allsorts in my time , and was used to changing 50% twice a week on my 9ft when it had central americans in it , so when comming to channa it just seamed wrong not changing so much ,but belive me the fish are better for it .
the exception to this though is people who have very large micros ect ,they are quite messy feeders and useally allthough people think they have enough filteration on there tank , useally they havnt got any where near enough , large micro in a standard tank = a LOT of waste a filter rated for 400g tank is ment to filter a 400g tank stocked with average size fish , you put a large micro in there you are going to need filteration for a 800g tank , so for most poeple with micros at larger sizes the only way round this is a lot more water changes , luckly large micros are pretty robust and can take it , but i have lot count of the poeple who have lost micros at juvie stage directly after a water change
i would not mess about with your ph ,i certanly would not put any crushed coral in a channa tank , in fact i put almond leaves in many of my tanks to lower ph , they also heal much faster with the almond leaves in there tank .
i would not do weekly water changes either ,stability is the key with channa and on the odd occasion i do a large water change (useally because i have forgot iam draining out) i trickle the water back in through a carbon block over 4 hours approx .
if you have sufficiant filteration and you do not overfeed ,you have some plants in there ,then you should not need to do large changes or changes every week , the minumun i change any water in the channa tanks is every six weeks but useally every 2 months or more . and i never have problems with water quality , in fact my sp five stripe tank has not been changed for 8 weeks now and yesterday a pair started mock spawing.
i have kept allsorts in my time , and was used to changing 50% twice a week on my 9ft when it had central americans in it , so when comming to channa it just seamed wrong not changing so much ,but belive me the fish are better for it .
the exception to this though is people who have very large micros ect ,they are quite messy feeders and useally allthough people think they have enough filteration on there tank , useally they havnt got any where near enough , large micro in a standard tank = a LOT of waste a filter rated for 400g tank is ment to filter a 400g tank stocked with average size fish , you put a large micro in there you are going to need filteration for a 800g tank , so for most poeple with micros at larger sizes the only way round this is a lot more water changes , luckly large micros are pretty robust and can take it , but i have lot count of the poeple who have lost micros at juvie stage directly after a water change
i would not worry with ph at 5 , several of my tanks are around 5.5 and the fish are looking and acting great , personally i would leave alone
also i take it your tap water must be around 5-5.5 ? have you tested it straight from the tap ? if so and if you put crushed coral or raised the ph by any other means ,it would mean you would get bid ph swings at every water change , and with channa this is something you dont want .
also i take it your tap water must be around 5-5.5 ? have you tested it straight from the tap ? if so and if you put crushed coral or raised the ph by any other means ,it would mean you would get bid ph swings at every water change , and with channa this is something you dont want .
