mj Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 I'm almost ready to move my lil babies into their new tank and am a little concerned about the ph level - their current tank is sitting around 6.5 whereas the new tank is about 7.5 would that be too much of a jump for them? If so what can I do to either slowly raise the ph level in their existing tank and/or slowly lower it in the new tank. I just added a fairly large piece of wood to the new and I believe that wood does help towards lowering? also is there anything else I should be concerned about? (btw lil babies = 3 electric yellows and 3 red empresses) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 Don't try and lower the ph of the new tank that ph is good for africans they prefer it above 7 preferably above 8 I would take out the driftwood or add something to keep the ph up in the new tank. As for the ph difference don't stress put your fish into bucket/buckets depending on how big they are (cover the buckets so they can't jump out its gutting when they do that) start off with just enough water from their current tank to cover the fish. Slowly start syphoning water from your new tank into the bucket maybe half a litre to a litre at a time do this every 10 minutes or so. Do less water and over a longer period for a larger difference of PH and they will adjust to the new ph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj Posted January 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 cheers for that ryan ... the bucket idea sounds perfect - I was surprised to see the ph level so low, guessing it is due to no water changes since I went to oz late last year now the joy of trying to catch these lightning fast lil buggers lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 A low ph probably wont hurt them they seem to adjust alright but its probably not ideal... Good luck catching them I regularly play chase the fish in my 5fter 2 big nets is the key Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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