Ugh fish choosing

[Sgooosh]

First of all how do i raise kh
Second, i have a high ph and i want more fish than just guppies in a 75 gallon tank. I have 7-8 ph. What fish can i get? I dont really care how expenive they are anymore i just want to make a 75 worth the money lol

 

[Sgooosh]

can someone pls respond?

 

[Essjay]

GH, KH and pH are all related. You can't safely alter one without altering the other two.

Why do you want to increase your KH? What level is it now? KH only affects fish indirectly by its ability to stabilise pH, and if it is low large regular weekly water changes will replenish it and stop the pH falling. My KH is 3 and I don't try to alter it.
GH is the one you need to look at rather than KH.


Virtually all rainbowfish need hard water.

 

[Guyb93]

Why don’t you get some African cichlids they should go just nice

 

[Sgooosh]

Why don’t you get some African cichlids they should go just nice

umm wait.. chiclids? with guppies? wont they eat the fry? also any racomendations?

 

[Sgooosh]

GH, KH and pH are all related. You can't safely alter one without altering the other two.

Why do you want to increase your KH? What level is it now? KH only affects fish indirectly by its ability to stabilise pH, and if it is low large regular weekly water changes will replenish it and stop the pH falling. My KH is 3 and I don't try to alter it.
GH is the one you need to look at rather than KH.


Virtually all rainbowfish need hard water.

hmm can i get 6 cories, 1-3 madagascan rainbowfish?
also yeah my gh is low but ph isnt

 

[Sgooosh]

GH, KH and pH are all related. You can't safely alter one without altering the other two.

Why do you want to increase your KH? What level is it now? KH only affects fish indirectly by its ability to stabilise pH, and if it is low large regular weekly water changes will replenish it and stop the pH falling. My KH is 3 and I don't try to alter it.
GH is the one you need to look at rather than KH.


Virtually all rainbowfish need hard water.

and i want shrimp so i need high carbonate

 

[Essjay]

You don't need high carbonate with shrimps. I have KH 3 and my cherry shrimps thrive. I just make sure I do 50% water changes every week so the KH gets replenished or I'd risk a pH crash.

If your GH is low the simplest thing is to keep soft water fish. If you really want hard water fish you need to add hardness minerals such as Rift Lake cichlid salts, or possible remineralisation salts (the kind used to add minerals back into RO water)

 

[Sgooosh]

You don't need high carbonate with shrimps. I have KH 3 and my cherry shrimps thrive. I just make sure I do 50% water changes every week so the KH gets replenished or I'd risk a pH crash.

If your GH is low the simplest thing is to keep soft water fish. If you really want hard water fish you need to add hardness minerals such as Rift Lake cichlid salts, or possible remineralisation salts (the kind used to add minerals back into RO water)

ill look at some alklinity buffers and ill get shrimps, my ph is good though, 7-8

 

[Sgooosh]

You don't need high carbonate with shrimps. I have KH 3 and my cherry shrimps thrive. I just make sure I do 50% water changes every week so the KH gets replenished or I'd risk a pH crash.

If your GH is low the simplest thing is to keep soft water fish. If you really want hard water fish you need to add hardness minerals such as Rift Lake cichlid salts, or possible remineralisation salts (the kind used to add minerals back into RO water)

what other fish can live in high ph water with a moderate flow from an internal canister filter with guppies and swordtails?

 

[Sgooosh]

You don't need high carbonate with shrimps. I have KH 3 and my cherry shrimps thrive. I just make sure I do 50% water changes every week so the KH gets replenished or I'd risk a pH crash.

If your GH is low the simplest thing is to keep soft water fish. If you really want hard water fish you need to add hardness minerals such as Rift Lake cichlid salts, or possible remineralisation salts (the kind used to add minerals back into RO water)

Why don’t you get some African cichlids they should go just nice

i updated the post, i think there is a better explanantion

 

[Guyb93]

umm wait.. chiclids? with guppies? wont they eat the fry? also any racomendations?

I would go with Multies they are small only grow about 5cm , probably would eat the fry , but most fish will lol

 

[Essjay]

You don't need to add KH for shrimps, they do fine at low KH. My KH is 3 and mine are thriving.



Please don't mess with the water. Fish don't care what carbonate (KH) is. All it does is stabilise pH making it hard to alter the pH.
GH, hardness, is much more important. We need to keep fish which come from roughly the same GH as our tap water.

also yeah my gh is low

If you have soft water, you need to look at keeping soft water fish. Ignore the KH, it's not important. If you want to keep hard water fish, you need to increase GH not KH.