ph of water

[springer]

Any help suggestioms or advice would be greatly appreciated. Here is my problem. I have had a moderate success in breeding discus and raising the fry. Our water used to be ph of 7.2 with this and a tds of 100 my discus would lay eggs on a regular basis. Now our water has been changed and we have a ph around 8 to 8.4 why this has happend is not known. At this high of a ph of course no eggs would hatch or only a few. To get my ph down I used nutrafin ph down and r/o water. I can keep my ph at a constant 6.5 with a tds at 90. When I use this chemical my discus have no desire to breed or lay eggs. How may I correct this.

[Rex82]

dont worry about the ph down and just do the ro water mix to get tds, conductivity right. the ph will follow and you will find your fish will too

[XeBurnout]

Absolutely concur. You probably have a little hardness in there and knocking your conductivity down will do you a world of good.

Don't forget in many places water chemistry changes throughout the year particularity in places that go through all four seasons. For instance where I live the thaw at the end of winter is very harsh. All the runoff combined with the salt that was used on the roads is always a rough patch to get over.

Good luck.

Phil

[NunoDinis]

+1,

I Had discus spawning in PH 7,4... with a low tds, oh and they hatched...

[milnek]

I don't like to play around with the PH especially with those PH up and down chemicals. What I do is to add peat moss in my canister filter and remove the it after my discus has spawn. The best is to let your discus get use to the PH.

[springer]

Thanks for the advice on peat moss. I have 2 small bags floating in the water but no change in ph noticed. The ph is now 8.2 and the tds is 85. I can get the tds down to 60 but I don't think any eggs will hatch in that high of a ph.

[Jayhawk]

Eggs will hatch in high PH in my experience. Somewheres around 8 is fine