redjim
10-04-2014, 07:14 AM
Hi all,
After a while out from keeping wild discus I've taken the leap again and have some arriving next week .
I've got my main 6x2x2 tank set up at the moment with rummy nose , bleeding hearts, cory adolifi , and 4 Festivum that are in the proses of spawning as I type, all of the fish are wild😃 the tank has been up and running for about four years, and will eventually after quantine hold the 7 new greens.
My question is : the water is very soft in my area, no kh to speak, a of ph around 6.5 out of the tap and tds of around 40,
In the tank I use ro buffered up to a tds of 80 and has a ph of 4.5 ( it's been stable at this for years )
So I'm thinking of bringing the ph up to 6.5 or should I just leave it as its been stable at this ? I should point out the ph was this low as I had a group of heckels and I've never changed it as all the other species have thrived
Many thanks jim
After a while out from keeping wild discus I've taken the leap again and have some arriving next week .
I've got my main 6x2x2 tank set up at the moment with rummy nose , bleeding hearts, cory adolifi , and 4 Festivum that are in the proses of spawning as I type, all of the fish are wild😃 the tank has been up and running for about four years, and will eventually after quantine hold the 7 new greens.
My question is : the water is very soft in my area, no kh to speak, a of ph around 6.5 out of the tap and tds of around 40,
In the tank I use ro buffered up to a tds of 80 and has a ph of 4.5 ( it's been stable at this for years )
So I'm thinking of bringing the ph up to 6.5 or should I just leave it as its been stable at this ? I should point out the ph was this low as I had a group of heckels and I've never changed it as all the other species have thrived
Many thanks jim