30 gallon tank with 3 german blue rams and a pleco. Thinking about adding 6 or so more rams or 3 more rams and a firemouth. I read that german blue rams do great with peat moss as filter media. My question is: has neone used this before? Can I use that in a aquaclear 500 hob filter and if so how without making a mess of the tank
peat moss media?
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You get stuff such as peat balls, peat pellets and blackwater teabags that do actually look like big teabags.
These are what I know about to lower ph in an aquarium, however i have never needed to use them. From what I have read they work much like using crushed coral in a filter and they slowly dissolve over time creating the desired effect.
In the long run a reverse osmosis system may be cheaper for reducing your ph.
These are what I know about to lower ph in an aquarium, however i have never needed to use them. From what I have read they work much like using crushed coral in a filter and they slowly dissolve over time creating the desired effect.
In the long run a reverse osmosis system may be cheaper for reducing your ph.
Have you done a kh and gh test? If you have hard water peat and blackwater extract probably won't lower your ph.
Yeah I have pretty hard water but the fish seem to be happy in it. I've been told a couple methods of lowering ph. Which is only around 7.4 to 7.8. Little high for my rams but completely livable