From: "Holly" <holly@ourglasshouse.com>
Reply-To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member
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To: "'Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat'"
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Subject: RE: [GSAS-Member] Water buffering
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 14:58:52 -0800
Ben and I went to Sierra Fish & Pets in Loehmanns Plaza this past weekend.
That is the place, right? Unfortunately all we saw were 5 stacked
containers, 4 with gravel and one with coral sand for $1 a lb. We asked a
kid working there about other types of sand and he said that was all they
had. I am avoiding play sand since you and Trish said it's so dirty!
Holly
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[mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Monica H
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 3:46 PM
To: gsas-member@thekrib.com
Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Water buffering
Holly, I too used playsand once, and never will again! I rinsed it for an
entire day, and never got it clean! I bought my sand from the fish gallery
in Loheman's Plaza in Factoria/Bellevue. I bought 100 lbs for $30 plus
they
give GSAS members 10% off. They have about 5 different types of sand. I
also add seasalt to my riftlake tanks, and some riftlake buffer. I keep
they PH between 8.2-8.
Monica
>From: Trish <snips36@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member
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>Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Water buffering
>Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 14:45:29 -0800 (PST)
>
>Holly-
>
>I have mostly africans in my tanks, so having a higher ph is important.
>Out of the tap here in Enumclaw it is a ph of 8, so I am lucky this
>way. For sand I have used play sand in the past, and you need to rinse
>and rinse and rinse, and even then it wasn't clean. So since then I use
>just silica sand. Got it at a lumber supply place near here, for about
>$10.00 for 100 pounds. Great price.
>
>As to the salt. I jsut add the salt when I am adding water to the
>tanks, no need to to let it sit and disolve first. I never have.
>
>Their is a great fish web site with all your answers, and then some to
>your questions. it is
>www.malawicihlidhomepage.com it is mostly an african
>fish web site but has other information as well.
>
>Hope this helps some,
>
>Trish
>
>--- Holly <holly@ourglasshouse.com> wrote:
>
> > I am pretty clueless about buffering water and I'm hoping you guys
> > can enlighten me. I want to get a consistently high pH for my
> > Tanganyikan shellies. If I buy play sand from the hardware store
> > it'll probably be silica. So if I then add a baggie of crushed
> > coral to my filter box will that keep the pH up in my entire tank
> > until the next water change a week later?
> >
> > Also, I have some rift salt to add to the new water during water
> > changes.
> > Do I need to let the fresh water sit in buckets with the mix to
> > sufficiently harden it or can I just add the it to the water being
> > siphoned in? I'm really not big on lifting buckets of heavy water
> > so I'd like to keep my water changes easy by sticking with the
> > Python.
> > Should I filter the water
> > through the coral as it enters?
> >
> > I looked into getting some Aragamax or cichlid sand but the stuff
> > seems to be ridiculously expensive... Like $40. So I'm thinking a
> > $5 bag of play sand and some other material with buffering
> > capability elsewhere in the tank would be better. I want a very
> > fine sand since the shellies are small and move sand around in their
> > mouths a lot.
> >
> > When it comes to Malawi fish, how do I keep the pH a little lower
> > than Tanganyikan water? And the same goes for lowering pH... Will
> > a bit of peat have the same results when trying to get acidic water?
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Holly
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