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[scouse_george]

sorry yes, blue rams are normally called german blue ram

Well the pH isn't ideal for them, I'd put some bogwood in there if you really want them. They're very sensitive fish.

thats my tank

vallis are bigger and spread accross the tank now and air pump tubes haev been moved around too

 

[scouse_george]

if anyone can let me know soon thanks

 

[OldMan47]

I have a tap water pH of 7.8 and have really never seen it be an issue with simply keeping healthy fish. On the other hand, I have almost no ability to breed egg layers other than my rainbow cichlids. If you are looking at breeding, try a mix of rain water with your tap water to lower the mineral content in your tanks. Chances are that a pH of 7.5 reflects some rather hard water with a high mineral content. Even my RO water has a 7.8 pH, so pH alone is a poor indicator of mineral content but it is not a bad first indication of what your tap water might be like. If you really want to breed soft water fish, invest in a TDS meter for around $20 on sites like e-bay. The idea is that you want to really know what the mineral content of your water is and you really can't measure that with any confidence short of having a TDS meter. I find that mine lets me gauge how much rain water to mix with my tap water for the one tank that I try to keep at under 100 ppm of TDS, so that my cories in that tank can breed.