Hello!
A little back story I had a higher pH of 8.4 and I had gotten Rams. 2/3 died and the local fish owner said it was probably bc my pH was a little high. The ones he gets are bred local so they should be okay in a mid-7 pH.
After working for a few weeks, I was able to maintain a pH of 7.6! However, after getting a new ram everything fell apart. I noticed my fish had ich so I raised the temp and did ich treatment. I was able to rid the ich but my pH has been unstable ever since.
I have a low kh and gh so I imagine this is why my pH keeps raising. It’s now back up to 8.0-8.2. All the fish now are doing good but I don’t like my pH up so high. The new ram ended up dying (a mixture of maybe the pH, ich, and the old ram kept bullying him).
I added a piece of mopani wood and a bag of peat moss a week ago. I have seen NO changes in pH. I have well water which naturally has a pH of 7.5 so I don’t understand how something in my tank keeps maintaining it at 8+. I don’t know what else to do.
Other info:
29 gallon tank
3 roselines sharks, 1 red tail shark, 1 ram, 1 sword tail, 2 mollies, zebra danio, pleco
Most recent parameters: ammonia 0, pH 8.2, nitrites 0, nitrates 5
A little back story I had a higher pH of 8.4 and I had gotten Rams. 2/3 died and the local fish owner said it was probably bc my pH was a little high. The ones he gets are bred local so they should be okay in a mid-7 pH.
After working for a few weeks, I was able to maintain a pH of 7.6! However, after getting a new ram everything fell apart. I noticed my fish had ich so I raised the temp and did ich treatment. I was able to rid the ich but my pH has been unstable ever since.
I have a low kh and gh so I imagine this is why my pH keeps raising. It’s now back up to 8.0-8.2. All the fish now are doing good but I don’t like my pH up so high. The new ram ended up dying (a mixture of maybe the pH, ich, and the old ram kept bullying him).
I added a piece of mopani wood and a bag of peat moss a week ago. I have seen NO changes in pH. I have well water which naturally has a pH of 7.5 so I don’t understand how something in my tank keeps maintaining it at 8+. I don’t know what else to do.
Other info:
29 gallon tank
3 roselines sharks, 1 red tail shark, 1 ram, 1 sword tail, 2 mollies, zebra danio, pleco
Most recent parameters: ammonia 0, pH 8.2, nitrites 0, nitrates 5