kribensis12
I know where you live
Hello,
I have not been on this forum in YEARS. Married, 2 kiddos, working full time - makes it time to work on the hobby.
I've scaled down significantly and I am taking a large step I'd love some help with.
Our water is EXTREMELY hard - high pH (8.6) and the water hardness does not even register on an API liquid test kit. I've been keeping 2 rams in this water for the past year and I believe it is the main reason that they don't have successful breeding attempts (eggs are never fertilized, it appears).
So, I have purchased a 4 stage RO Filter and Seachem's Neutral Regulator and want to begin lowering my pH.
What is the best way to do this? Daily 1 gallon water changes w/ neutral regulator in the RO water only? I want to cause the least amount of stress to the fish as possible. In the past I tried applying netural regulator to the entire tank (empty) and it dropped to 7.0 and then bounced back to 8.4 within an hour.
I have not been on this forum in YEARS. Married, 2 kiddos, working full time - makes it time to work on the hobby.
I've scaled down significantly and I am taking a large step I'd love some help with.
Our water is EXTREMELY hard - high pH (8.6) and the water hardness does not even register on an API liquid test kit. I've been keeping 2 rams in this water for the past year and I believe it is the main reason that they don't have successful breeding attempts (eggs are never fertilized, it appears).
So, I have purchased a 4 stage RO Filter and Seachem's Neutral Regulator and want to begin lowering my pH.
What is the best way to do this? Daily 1 gallon water changes w/ neutral regulator in the RO water only? I want to cause the least amount of stress to the fish as possible. In the past I tried applying netural regulator to the entire tank (empty) and it dropped to 7.0 and then bounced back to 8.4 within an hour.