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Re: Acclimating to "normal" water conditions
Mike,
63ppm is the total hardness. I will try the Hydrochloric Acid first and
then I will break down and get a RO unit. The idea of aquiring rainbowfish
is too scary!
I am ready for the eliz male. Let me know prior to sending him so that I
can take off that day.
Thanks,
Francine
On Tue, 06 Mar 2001 17:46:17 -0700, apisto@listbox.com wrote:
> Francine,
>
> Your water is very strange. High pH water usually has a high carbonate
hardness.
> Is your dH total hardness (dGH) or carbonate hardness (dKH)? Either way
you
> should be able to acidify your moderately soft water by adding a few
drops of
> Hydrochloric Acid to a vat of change water first. I use muriatic acid,
which is
> an industrial grade HCl. If all else fails, your water would work
exceptionally
> well for rainbowfish from New Guinea.
>
> Mike Wise
>
> FBethea wrote:
>
> > My tap water is 8.5 with dH coming in at 63 ppms. I am so frustrated
at
> > this point that I have considered raising Africans. Actually bought
> > brichardi and n. mealagris and then realized that I will have to modify
for
> > their water changes as well.
> >
> > I do have success with getting my apistos to spawn, but it becomes a
> > headache doing water changes. Before I bought this house and expanded
my
> > fishroom to 27 tanks, I used distilled water for changes. But with the
> > amount of tanks I have now, hauling in distilled water at 89 cents a
bottle
> > would be inane. I sometimes go in the fishroom and just stand there and
> > wonder what the hell am I doing this all for. Yet, the c barbatus
spawned,
> > the bristlenose spawned ,all the apistos and the killis.
Unfortunantly, my
> > fry survival rate has fallen off and I am greatly discouraged.
> >
> > I have been photographing my fish and others and have been successful.
Maybe
> > that is what I should be doing instead of maintaining and breeding
species
> > that I am unable to perpetuate.
> >
> > Ready to sell out,
> > Francine
> >
> > On Tue, 06 Mar 2001 13:51:02 -0700, apisto@listbox.com wrote:
> >
> > > Francine,
> > >
> > > I don't consider anything liquid with a pH 8.5 water; that's more
like
> > liquid
> > > cement! If your water has an equally high carbonate hardness
(alkalinity)
> > then I
> > > would definitely mix the tap water with softer water. Some apistos
will
> > handle
> > > living in your tap water, but I doubt that blackwater species will.
> > >
> > > BTW the elizabethae Içana male is now over 3" SL with lots of red on
the
> > body.
> > > Let me know when you want him.
> > >
> > > Mike Wise
> > >
> > > FBethea wrote:
> > >
> > > > I am curiuos to learn how people on the list go about acclimating
their
> > fish
> > > > to normal water conditions.
> > > >
> > > > My tap water is 8.5 and the rain water is 6.0. Will I have to mix
the
> > rain
> > > > water with tap until I get 7.0 thereabouts?
> > > >
> > > > Francine
> > > >
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