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ok, here is another question.

fish have already been moved to new moving area.

My pH has always been 7.6 and KH 7 & GH 7
now readings are...

KH 11
GH 7
pH 8.2

used pH down and now pH is 8.0

what is the best thing to do? Change out more of the water.

pH out of tap is 7.8

thanks again for all your help



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Best thing is to stop using ph down for one. The kh will determine how easily the ph shifts. Depending on what fish you have, you may not want to alter your water all that much...if you still have access to the old water I'd suggest trying to acclimate to the new water slowly, as if you were doing an extended LFS->home tank acclimation.

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there is no old water left. all the fish in my profile are now is a temp tank of 30 gal and i was able to carry with me 15 gal of water to the new tank. (do you know how hard it is to carry water for 300 miles) I haven't lost a fish as of yet, fish have been in new tank for 4 days now. (old gravel, driftwood, and plants from their larger tank are in new smaller tank)

also, the KH out of tap is 14 and the GH is 7. What the hell am i going to do now. pH going to flip-flop all around. yes?

Last edited by entkitty at 24-Nov-2004 18:18

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Hi,
I gather this was the result of a move and that your
current water conditions are what the fish will have
to live with. Since they have been in the tank with
the stated water chemistries for four days and are not
showing any signs of distress, I would not do anything.

Feed them well with a quality food, preferably live
or frozen foods so that they can maintain their health
in the time of acclimatization, and continue normal,
regular, water changes.

Next time, you can do one of two things. Bring sufficiant
water from the old site with you and mix it 3/4 old to
1/4 new. Leave the fish in that for a week, and then
with your weekly water changes gradually phase out the
old water with the new. Eventually the water will be
100% from the new source, and the fish should take the
changes just fine.

To soften the water and lower the pH, the best way
is to add peat moss to the outflow of the filter.
I agree with Babel, the use of chemicals is extremely
expensive in the long run. Peat moss will do it
naturally, and is far less expensive than the chemicals.

However, as I said, if they are fine after 4 days, eating
well, and not showing any signs of distress, I would not
worry about it now.

Frank


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well that is good news, thanks Frank. All are eating well, lots of frozen blood worms. My banded Loach is the only one who shows any signs at times, swimming wildly around the tank and then stops for a day or two. That is why I put the pH down in.

Last edited by entkitty at 25-Nov-2004 11:11

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Kitty,

KH is the measure of carbonate buffering in your water. The lower the KH, the easier it is to change your pH. If your KH is low, say under 3, and you work to lower your pH, the pH may crash and kill your fish.

I think your new water is fine, hard, but fine. Your fish should easily adapt to it.

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