I have just been given something to think about. I have hard water and have always have hard water fish.
Now I am sitting here talking about soft water fish and changing a aqarium to soft water but I am not sure I really know what is involved in doing that.
Someone said to me.... What are you going to do if you PH crashes?? Well, heck I said "what does that mean?" So I am wondering if anyine would care to explain the basics to me or point me in the right direction?
First .... I am changing my water from hard to soft by replacing over half the fish tank with distilled and floating some peat moss. what should I expect when I try this?
What the heck is up with the ph? I know I want it lower. But how low? It's 9 now. I was thinking 6.5 - 7 right? wrong? Will I need to use ph up and down or will the peat do this? or is it all a crap shoot?
And it was my understand by changing out more than half the water with distilled will make my water softer. Thus giving me a chance to use the peat moss to lower the ph. Am I on the right track?
Then water changes with Ro/Di water will keep it soft...so I can keep the ph down...and on and on..
What I am trying to discover is .....am I capible of producing the proper home for the dwarf cichlids?
Thanks,
Lisa
Now I am sitting here talking about soft water fish and changing a aqarium to soft water but I am not sure I really know what is involved in doing that.
Someone said to me.... What are you going to do if you PH crashes?? Well, heck I said "what does that mean?" So I am wondering if anyine would care to explain the basics to me or point me in the right direction?
First .... I am changing my water from hard to soft by replacing over half the fish tank with distilled and floating some peat moss. what should I expect when I try this?
What the heck is up with the ph? I know I want it lower. But how low? It's 9 now. I was thinking 6.5 - 7 right? wrong? Will I need to use ph up and down or will the peat do this? or is it all a crap shoot?
And it was my understand by changing out more than half the water with distilled will make my water softer. Thus giving me a chance to use the peat moss to lower the ph. Am I on the right track?
Then water changes with Ro/Di water will keep it soft...so I can keep the ph down...and on and on..
What I am trying to discover is .....am I capible of producing the proper home for the dwarf cichlids?
Thanks,
Lisa