Good Base for COmmunity

[Sunny.C]

whats a good base for a community setup? is there anything to lower ph???
Can i use plain sand? Or whats the best gravel to use?

 

[Cheese Specialist]

Sand, rocks or gravel. A lot of people here (including me) use play sand. I think people use peat to lower the ph but I am not entirely sure.

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

Is there any reason in particular why you want to lower the ph?
What fish are you planning to stock in the tank?

 

[Bloo]

My preference is for fine gravel or sand.
You could add peat to your filter or bogwood is said to slightly reduce PH somewhat over a period of time.
Personally the quickest way I've found is by introducing CO2 - I mainly did this for the plants, but my PH dropped from 8.2 - 7.2 in a matter for days. This however depends on your KH.

 

[One_Trick_Pony]

persoanlly although i use light coloured gravel, my perference is now for much darker substarte, have a look in the pics forum and see which you prefer

 

[Sunny.C]

Well at the moment i'm using sand & coral in my african cichlid tank, i think ill go for plain sand in my community setup. The reason i want to drop my ph a little is because, my tap ph is 7.6 a little to high for plants and neons,bettas right?

 

[Sunny.C]

Well at the moment i'm using sand & coral in my african cichlid tank, i think ill go for plain sand in my community setup. The reason i want to drop my ph a little is because, my tap ph is 7.6 a little to high for plants and neons,bettas right?

 

[Sunny.C]

Well at the moment i'm using sand & coral in my african cichlid tank, i think ill go for plain sand in my community setup. The reason i want to drop my ph a little is because, my tap ph is 7.6 a little to high for plants and neons,bettas right???