WC for Discus advise

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If I do the WC the PH will rise then slowly goes down gradually. I have some driftwood that seems to lower the ph.

I feed once or twice a week bloodworms, the other days tetra prima and pro flakes. I have bottom feeders and feed them algae discs. I have a pre filter and clean it once a week with the WC.
 
when i set up my 75 gallon tank for discus, my pH was around 7.8 to 8.0. I added two large and one small driftwood and the ph dropped to about 6.8 in about a day. Now i do 20% water change every 3 days and the ph stays staible. I know may other discus keeper that don't pay too much attention to ph anymore because most discus are not wild caught and they are not breeding the discus. Hope this help.
 
leeishom;4670372; said:
save yourself the headache and problems; i would not try to achieve the perfect PH for discuses. id rather just sell them off, instead of playing with the chemistry.
you may add: driftwood with moss and plants in the tank, to help lower PH. im not sure how much it will lower, but it does.
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i totally agree with leeishom. it's better to have stable ph. I was like you when i started, ran everywhere look for ph reducer, ph neutral ...., those things cost alot and not 100% work cause it may go back to 7.8 ph. It was a good lesson for me and learn alot stuffs in current water and fis tank water (not all still have a lot to learn).
 
Ok thanks. So I will stick with my current ph. BTW is that your tank?

Another question is it better to get a colour tube so that i could enjoy more the colors of the discus?

Right now I only have daylight and warmlight.
 
killerfahaka;4676579; said:
when i set up my 75 gallon tank for discus, my pH was around 7.8 to 8.0. I added two large and one small driftwood and the ph dropped to about 6.8 in about a day. Now i do 20% water change every 3 days and the ph stays staible. I know may other discus keeper that don't pay too much attention to ph anymore because most discus are not wild caught and they are not breeding the discus. Hope this help.
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I have a similar Ph, and when I added wood to my tank, the ph didn't shift at all.

I could be wrong, but isn't the Ph and KH linked. Generally, a higher kh = higher ph.
So If both the kh & ph are high, the only thing that will change the ph significantly is if you lower the kh by adding RO water?
 
You only need a lower PH to breed discus (6ish). My PH is about 7.8 in my discus tank. The most important thing to remember about discus and PH is to keep it stable, most importantly with water changes.
 
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