Bogwood Vs Driftwood?

[natalie265]

No, i would not use the ph down stuff that they sell in stores. I've never used it, but from what i've heard it makes it extremely difficult to keep your ph stable. Maybe someone who has tried it can confirm.

 

[OldMan47]

The previous time I was in the hobby, I used it by the bottle. I even bought the same chemical in bulk because the little aquarium bottles were costing me so much. All that I can say is that I lost lots of fish and never had a stable pH in my tanks. Now I take tap water and treat it with dechlorinator, that is it. No pH adjusting chemicals ever in my tanks and very few fish deaths. If I have a tank full of fish that like very soft water, I mix some RO with tap water to get the right hardness but still pay no attention to pH. My fish thrive in most situations unless I get a soft water fish from a place that babies them and they don't warn me so that I can bring them up gradually to my water conditions.