RE: low pH (was) Re: [GSAS-Member] big cichlid appetites...

["matt kaufman" <igotadose@hotmail.com>]

You've got it backwards; the problem in question was 'pH too low for a big 
cichlid'. The fish was *unhappy* in the low pH, perhaps due to the issues 
with tank maintenance.

I agree that maintaining a stable, *low* pH Is hard - I keep killies and 
some of them are very fussy about being in pH between 5.5 and 6.5, the 
problem is,  you can get them to 5.5 but usually soon after that the water's 
down to 5.0, 4.5, 4.0, dead fish, ...  You can't have much buffering in such 
acid water.


> From: haika@drizzle.com
> Reply-To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member 
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> Subject: low pH (was) Re: [GSAS-Member] big cichlid appetites...
> Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 10:12:45 -0800 (PST)
>
> Sometimes I do have to struggle to maintain a pH low enough to be suitable
> for the fish in question, and it has nothing at all to do with 'not enough
> water changes' or too much decomposing gunk. Think about receiving a bag
> full of licorice gouramis with bag pH of ~6.0 (wink).
>
> Betty Goetz
>
> > Don't know how you brought it up, but low pH usually means 'not enough
> > water
> > changes' and too much decomposing cruft in the tank. Adding stuff to 
> raise
> > it is, at best, an emergency stopgap and its better to address the real
> > problem. Glad your fish recovered.
>
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