Too Acidic

[nikkidabicky]

hi is there anyone that can help me my tanks acid levels are way too high and i am tryin everything to get them down e.g changin water regulary and doing checks everyday i am lost and cant understand why it is like this i havnt lost any fish (touch wood) so keepin them alive but worried its gonna make them sick please help.

 

[indigoj]

what is your ph?

 

[nikkidabicky]

between 7.2 and 7.6

 

[indigoj]

that shouldn't be a problem for most fish - what fish do you have?

 

[kizno1]

thats alkaline and 7.2 - 7.6 is fine my tank used to be 7.8 before i put bog wood in .

 

[nikkidabicky]

guppies, neons, 2 african dwarf frogs and a sucker fish

 

[Curiosity101]

Agree with the above, nothing wrong with a pH of 7.2-7.6

Plus if you're doing lots of water changes then that means that 7.2-7.6 is what comes out of you tap...so thiswould be a lifetime problem and very very expensive.

 

[nikkidabicky]

oh thought yellow (6.0) was alk. oh so confused when it was 6.4 was merky now its clear but heard its bad for the fish.

 

[kizno1]

they should all be fine in that ph and what is the sucker mouth dose it llook like this
http/www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/speci...p?species_id=88

 

[nikkidabicky]

yeah it does look like that is that good or bad?

 

[kizno1]

so is the ph 6.4 or 7.4 and bellow 7 is acidic, 7 is netrual and above 7 is alkiline

 

[nikkidabicky]

oh hang on its not a cat fish its jst an algy eater quite small and spotted coat sorry

 

[kizno1]

and yh that is a bad thing they can grow upto 2 foot

 

[nikkidabicky]

its 7.4 at the moment and strugglin to get it to drop

 

[kizno1]

dose it look like this [URL="http/www.aquariumlife.net/profile-images/algae-eater.jpg"]http/www.aquariumlife.net/profile-images/algae-eater.jpg[/URL]
and you dont need to get it to drop 7.4 is fine.