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greenmonkey51 Fish Master Posts: 1571 Kudos: 1692 Votes: 5 Registered: 28-Jan-2004	Is my ph ok for plants. Its at 8.3 and the water is hard. The plants Im considering are swords, vals, anubias, crypts, and the java fern/moss.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43
sham Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3369 Kudos: 2782 Votes: 98 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	I've been told plants need more light at higher ph. Don't know if it's true but I do have most of those plants growing in a tank of 8.0 ph. I know anubias and crypt wendtii grow alright. Then I also have some italian val and amazon sword babies in the high ph tank. I'd just experiment a little and see what does well.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43
Untitled No. 4 Big Fish Posts: 488 Kudos: 452 Votes: 33 Registered: 07-Nov-2004	Well, I've not really researched this, but I feel that my plants are doing much better since I started using RO water in my tanks a few months ago. There might be other factors affecting the plants' growth but I still feel that softer water had something to do with it...
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43
JQW Fish Addict Posts: 869 Kudos: 758 Registered: 09-Apr-2003	i don't see why not, people have plants with african cichlids only that crypts might be more fragile.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43


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