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Week End  Big Fish Posts: 414 Kudos: 436 Votes: 1 Registered: 16-May-2004   | is it possible for peat to make a ph lower than 6.5? Or no matter how long you leave the peat in your filter, the ph will never get below 6.5? |
 Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:18 |     |
greenmonkey51  Fish Master Posts: 1571 Kudos: 1692 Votes: 5 Registered: 28-Jan-2004  | it all depends on your hardness. you could lower ph than 6.5 with peat |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:18 | |
Gomer   Ultimate Fish Guru Small Fry with BBQ Sauce Posts: 3602 Kudos: 1709 Votes: 106 Registered: 29-Mar-2002  | You could lower the pH to around 3 or lowerwith peat, but very unefficient, and non-practical as it would take a whole lot of peat. -- Gomer |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:18 |  |
| Week End Big Fish Posts: 414 Kudos: 436 Votes: 1 Registered: 16-May-2004 | As I am keeping Discus and I want the ph to be stable at 6.5. And I want ask, the way to use peat is that if the desired ph has reached, then do I remove the peat from the filter? If so does it mean the ph will get higher eventually if I am not softening my local tap water(if it is hard naturally)? And if this is the case, can the same pile of peat be used again or I have to get new peat everytime? |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:18 | |
FRANK    Moderator Posts: 5108 Kudos: 5263 Votes: 1690 Registered: 28-Dec-2002  | Hi, Check out these sites on the use of peat, especially when keeping discus fish: http://badmanstropicalfish.com/articles/article9.html http://world.std.com/~enjolras/faqgen.htm http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/breeding/grangediscus/ http://www.netpets.com/fish/reference/freshref/discusbegin2.html Many involve other subjects along with the use of peat, but all concern the care,keeping, and breeding of the discus. Hope this helps... Frank  -->>> The Confidence of Amateurs, is the Envy of Professionals <<<-- |
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| Week End Big Fish Posts: 414 Kudos: 436 Votes: 1 Registered: 16-May-2004 | Frank, thanks for your help!  |
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