t57spikes
Aquarium Advice Freak
My tank is 35 gallons and has now been set up for about 4 days and I have began to cycle it with 4 zebra danios. I plan on doing a water change every 2 or 3 days depending on my ammonia readings and so on. My current Ph seems to be stable at 7.8, i am using tap water with a dechlorinator. I have read that a stable Ph out of the "perfect" range is better than a fluctuating Ph so i was wondering if my 7.8 will be fine since it seems to be stuck there. If i plan on lowering it some it seems through a lot of reading that the "Ph down" chemicals are a waste of money and lower it for a short time until it rises back to its natural state, and the only way to truly lower Ph is to use an ion filter on your tap. We recieve purfied drinking water from Culligan, so I was wondering if I do a 25 % water change with is about 8.75 gallons on my 35 tank and i used 10 gallons making it about a 30% water change and i use 5 gallons tap water and 5 gallons purified water will that lower my Ph to a good range as long as every time i change water I do half and half. The fish would still get the beneficial micro nutrients from the tap and I would get the added benefit of a good Ph by using the treated water, or will mixing them cause it to lower and then spike back to 7.8?