Ph Tap Water What Do You Get?

[Gaz_S]

Hey people. I was just wondering about the Ph straight from the tap noticed someone talking about it earlier on in another post. I get 7.2 from my tap in west yorkshire. Think i may buy a buffer cant get it down even though I have driftwood which brings it down right? What do you guys get and do you have any problems getting it to a required point without introducing chemicals?

 

[arobinson1984]

Hi Gaz,

I too am in leeds, west yorkshire and get a PH of 7.2

I wouldnt worry too much about lowering the PH, a stable PH is much more important than the correct PH level, I wouldnt advise adding chemicals to lower the PH as these can cause it to fluctuate which would cause more problems, most fish will adapt to live in your PH, maybe apart from the extra sensitive species such as discus and german blue rams etc


Andy

 

[Gaz_S]

Ahh nice one bradford myself. Yeah im not too keen on chemicals i have german blue rams which have been fine up to press spawned 3 times but female ates the eggs, they getting ready to spawn again. Ive never really worried about it too much the fish seem happy so im not going to change it.

 

[Airbend3r]

7.5

 

[SlyPolak]

Orlando, Florida USA (obviously) comes out at 8.2!!!! Crazy right?

 

[Oscar Betta]

I get around 7.1.

 

[Mikaila31]

7.6

 

[the biffster]

the border of yorkshire and CO Durham ph 7.4

 

[hamfist]

pH 7.4 out of the tap, but pH 8 once all the CO2 and chlorine has gassed off. In Southampton, UK.

Bogwood, even masses of it has absolutely no effect on the pH of my water. It will all depend on the natural buffering capacity of your water whether that would be the same with you or not.

Just adding chemicals is not a good idea as you will simply get a very unstable pH, which is overall worse for the fish, than a stable, higher pH.

If you are looking to soften and acidify your water then mixing RO water with tap water , along with bogwood and perhaps peat moss in your filtration is perhaps a better way to go, to get a STABLE lower pH. This is still not an easy or quick option.

Unless you are absolutely dead set on keeping and breeding certain species that don't do well in your local water then I would just advise finding out which species relly don't thrive in your local water and avoid them.

 

[Enna]

I get 6.3 out of the tap here in Mansfield. However we have higher nitrates at around 20-25.

Our acid soils make for growing nice rhododendrons too

 

[Carlovel1]

In south London, we get 7.8

 

[Piltdownpaul]

Ha! Just checked it this morning and it was 7-Leicestershire

 

[Gaz_S]

So there all very similar. I wouldnt start messing with a tank if your fish seem happy, if it aint broke dont fix it!

 

[the biffster]

what about nitrates that are in your tap water
0.05 -

 

[SlyPolak]

Here in Orlando I get ---> PH- 8.2 / AMMONIA- .50 / NITRITE- 0 / NITRATES- 0......
ALSO.. for some reason hard, HARD water