ph level

Hello all, For the past year I have kept my monsters, RTC and gator gar, with pH of 7.0. I recently just got a whole house filter & water softener installed to rid the need for using dechlorinator and the many other benefits. However, after testing the pH of my new filtered water, I am getting a...

I am about to upgrade the lower end pH controller on my girlfriend's CO2 injected planted tank with a nicer model, at which point I will find myself with a perfectly functional pH controller and no real use for it.. I figured I would just stick it into my 110G cichlid tank and read the pH. And...

So I am currently doing some research on discus. While watching many videos, talking to discus keepers, and searching the web, I have noticed the same thing being repeated... “low ph” “must keep ph low” “ph between 6 and 7”. I also read that you can keep discus in a tank with a ph around 8, but...

The water that comes out of my tap is about 8.5. In my 75 gallon tank, I have South American Cichlids and I know they like a more acidic water. I bought Fluval Peat Granules to lower my pH they will arrive soon but I do water changes once a week about 30%. Will the peat have time to lower the pH...

Hey Pleco experts! I’m in the frustratingly common process of rearranging/scaping/stocking my whole fish room for around the 300th time in the last couple of months since buying a new house and massively increasing my gallonage. In the midst of all the moving and shaking I realized that I...

I know I was kind of ignorant and didn't pay much attention to water quality over the past week, but please help. My oscar is laying on his side not moving (still breathing slightly). I know oscars do this when they are scared, and I had added a new decoration just yesterday, but he was fine...

I know that this is a commonly asked question but I have a ph of 7.6 and am not so sure about tetras (which I really want to add). I tried both wild and tank raised cardinal tetras in my 20 gal long, full cycled, no ammonia or nitrite, and around 20 nitrate. They all died within a week both...

I just checked water parameters on both my 120 gallon tank with 6 Red Hook Silver dollars and 220 gallon with two peacock bass. The ammonia on the 120g is at 1ppm, nitrites are at 0mgl and the nitrates are at 25mgl. The pH has also dropped from 6-6.5 to 4-4.5. The tank has been established...

Hi I'm new and have a question regarding PH lowering. My tap water normally comes out at 7.4 and I have been told that 6.5-6.8 max is optimal for the fish I keep. PH has never presented an issue for me as the fish I have have always appeared to be fine in the water range I currently have...

I've had my puffers for about a week now. I just moved them into their own 40 gallon tank three days ago. I went to my local petco yesterday and get the saltwater api kits for nitrate and ammonia levels. I couldn't get the others because they were out. Anyways I've checked my levels for the two...