I seem to have a lot of soda ash laying around, but am not sure if it is safe to put in my cichlid tank. Does anybody know the answer to that? IF SO, how high will the ph raise? I want it around 8.2, and I don't know if soda ash will do that or not.
2007-05-13
19:37:36
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eriknjensen
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I have had a few batches of fry in my 2 years of doing this, My Tanganyikan ph was around 8.4 and I also had rift substrate in it. The reason why I asked is because I had to make a sudden move, to a new job, either i started tomorrow or i lost the job, so i had to move my fish without very little recycled water, I was in an unfamiliar city and didn't have enough ph up. I own a pool company, so I have soda ash laying around all over the place. do you think my Tanganyikans can make it if i slowly drop the ph. what about the water temp. I am keeping it around 78-80 degrees fahrenheit. The water evaporates so quickly it makes it difficult to maintain. what do you think is a good temp for the cichlids. The more i read people's first hand experience, the more i think all of the books I have read were wrong.
2007-05-13
22:54:39 ·
update #1