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[phishfriend]

As said above, it would improve your chances.


And thank you! I'm very lucky to have found those and two other pairs in a LFS. And one pair is a per of sailfin's that are fertile and breedingto boot. (sailfin's are said to be harder to breed.)

 

[_skyla_]

I started breeding rams last month. I'v had three pairs spawn 5 times and all were done in PH of 6.8 to 7.0 water.

Peat is your best bet to reduce PH but you can also order almond leaves on eBay. The leaves will tannis the water and have to be refreshed. I haven't used them but Rivercats does. She would be the person to talk to about them.

I would say that if you plan to breed rams. Spend the money for quality. Don't buy a cheap fish to start. You want the best qualities you can get in the breeding pair. Remember that breeding rams isn't that hard. The hard part is getting the fry to live and grow to the next stage. Buying the breeding pair cheap isn't going to help you do that. Also,higher quality will help you sell your young if and when you get to that point.

One of my pairs

Also your best bet is to buy a group in the hope of getting one pair and re-home the others. rams don't always pair just because you have a male and female.

Your making it very hard for me to try and be patient and wait before I get a mate for Marley, every time I see your amazingly beautiful pairs soo envious lol

 

[Eschie]

Awesome news!... Not.

My other tanks water hardness is at about 300 (gH) ppm using some test strips.

 

[phishfriend]

Your making it very hard for me to try and be patient and wait before I get a mate for Marley, every time I see your amazingly beautiful pairs soo envious lol

Lol! I sorry!

 

[phishfriend]

Awesome news!... Not.

My other tanks water hardness is at about 300 (gH) ppm using some test strips.

I wouldn't trust test strips

 

[phin]

The easiest way to soften your water is going to be to run a mix of tap and RO water.

Agreed. There is a thread in the planted tank forum that discusses my adventure with lowing the KH and GH of my planted tank. http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f24/co2-level-and-excel-240855.html

Basically, the best way to do it is to use RO/DI or distilled water and then reconstitute it, either using your tap water or mineral supplements.

The easiest way is whay WY Renegade says, mix your tap water with RO to get a desired GH.