Azzaah
10-04-2020, 07:27 AM
Hi Guys,
Brand new here and i am in desperate need of advice, I had no idea this site existed and have learnt so much already.
Anywho, I have been trying to breed discus since the start of this year, I have had multiple luck with batches since but in the last 3 months everything has stopped, first it started with the fry not being able to attach i turn off the system and lower the water level to half and leave an airstone in there and still nothing i lost so many batches beacuse of this, But now my biggest problem is the eggs keep going white, I have got a small amount of flow in the tanks from the sump, I think the issue may be the water..
my tap water is about 7.2 and has 7GH and the tds is about 240 and my tank temp is 30c
I thought i would try discus buffer from seachem, it has dropped my ph to 6.7 but has made my tds go through the roof, I checked this morning and it was sitting at 580-600!!! Is this normal for discus buffer? This is my third day using it. ( i think i will stop ) i think i will need to do almost a 100 percent water change to try and clear up this tds issue
I have just set up an ibc tub today so i can age my water as i have a water tank that i havent been using ( i know silly me ) i filled it about 60 percent tank water and the other 40 with tap water. how ever the ph is sitting at 7.5 but the the gh is 3 and tds is 67 ( the tank water is about 30 tds without the tap water mixture)
I just dont know what i should do with the ph and i do not want to add discus buffer to it, Ive watched youtube videos and everyone recommends a ph of 5.8 to 6.5 for breeding any advice with the ph and also using the rain water as I never have before would be greatly appreciated.
Brand new here and i am in desperate need of advice, I had no idea this site existed and have learnt so much already.
Anywho, I have been trying to breed discus since the start of this year, I have had multiple luck with batches since but in the last 3 months everything has stopped, first it started with the fry not being able to attach i turn off the system and lower the water level to half and leave an airstone in there and still nothing i lost so many batches beacuse of this, But now my biggest problem is the eggs keep going white, I have got a small amount of flow in the tanks from the sump, I think the issue may be the water..
my tap water is about 7.2 and has 7GH and the tds is about 240 and my tank temp is 30c
I thought i would try discus buffer from seachem, it has dropped my ph to 6.7 but has made my tds go through the roof, I checked this morning and it was sitting at 580-600!!! Is this normal for discus buffer? This is my third day using it. ( i think i will stop ) i think i will need to do almost a 100 percent water change to try and clear up this tds issue
I have just set up an ibc tub today so i can age my water as i have a water tank that i havent been using ( i know silly me ) i filled it about 60 percent tank water and the other 40 with tap water. how ever the ph is sitting at 7.5 but the the gh is 3 and tds is 67 ( the tank water is about 30 tds without the tap water mixture)
I just dont know what i should do with the ph and i do not want to add discus buffer to it, Ive watched youtube videos and everyone recommends a ph of 5.8 to 6.5 for breeding any advice with the ph and also using the rain water as I never have before would be greatly appreciated.