aveldina
Aquarium Advice Regular
Hello all,
I have a quick question regarding pH levels and Blue Rams. I had a thread kicking around before where I was looking at stocking my 36G with 2 rams and 1 angel. I spoke with my LPS and the person working at the time had some helpful advice to offer but I'm wondering about a few things.
He expected rams would be fine with angels but said the rams would die if I didn't have my pH at or less than 7. The pH where I live is naturally around 8 and with my 2 pieces of driftwood & plants right now I'm sitting at 7.8. His suggestion was add more driftwood, but would it make a big difference? I don't know how much more I can add before I run out of space and I have no wish to use chemical to alter the pH. With a very slow introduction could the rams handle a pH this high? Do I have any other options?
Also he figured I could get 4 rams and 1 (or 2) angels with a 36G (and my current 7 red eye tetras + soon to add 3-4 cories). This seems way over stocked to me, but I'm wondering if that's true.
Thanks!
Oh, one more thing, has anyone ever heard of "assassin snails?"
I have a quick question regarding pH levels and Blue Rams. I had a thread kicking around before where I was looking at stocking my 36G with 2 rams and 1 angel. I spoke with my LPS and the person working at the time had some helpful advice to offer but I'm wondering about a few things.
He expected rams would be fine with angels but said the rams would die if I didn't have my pH at or less than 7. The pH where I live is naturally around 8 and with my 2 pieces of driftwood & plants right now I'm sitting at 7.8. His suggestion was add more driftwood, but would it make a big difference? I don't know how much more I can add before I run out of space and I have no wish to use chemical to alter the pH. With a very slow introduction could the rams handle a pH this high? Do I have any other options?
Also he figured I could get 4 rams and 1 (or 2) angels with a 36G (and my current 7 red eye tetras + soon to add 3-4 cories). This seems way over stocked to me, but I'm wondering if that's true.
Thanks!
Oh, one more thing, has anyone ever heard of "assassin snails?"