Stabalising Ph

[Albaba]

Ive decided to stop using Proper PH 7.0 as ive heard some bad reports about it. My tap water is around 7.4 PH. So what im doing is slowy phasing out the use of proper PH during water changes and have started to use half treated with proper PH and half just with Tap safe. I will slowy phase out the proper PH altogether.

Now my question is this. Will this cause any undue stress to the fish? I presume as i am doing it slowy it should be ok??

Also eventually the tank PH will be 7.4, will any of my fish not like the PH that high....

6 Glass catfish
4 Neons
5 Harlequin
3 Botia Sidthimunki
1 Siamese algae eater
1 Bristlenose

(more fish to be added in the next few weeks)

It is a 120 litre planted tank with Vallis, hygrophillia and lilaeopsis

Many thanks for any advice

Ali

 

[luque]

i'm pretty sure they will be fine 7.4 isn't critical (pretty neutral) socan't see why you can't give it a try.


luke

 

[Gatorbait]

IMO, using pH stabalizers are more harmful for most fish moreso than having one that's slightly different (but constant) than what they're used to in the wild.

Most people will say that such and such fish needs this type of water parameters so isn't compatible with another type. Unless they are F1's it's most likely they've all been bred in the same exact water parameters and unless you're breeding them it doesn't matter what they like in the wild, they've never seen that type of water before.