kribensis12
I know where you live
Hey, well my water here is extremely hard. My pH is at around 8.4. People around here compare our water to concrete. Well, I do my best to pick fish that are more used to my pH. I have labs, but I also have Angelfish and albino bristlenoses. I know the pleco's like a lower pH( i know they aren't having many problems with this pH, as I had a common pair breed succsessfully). But, the pH has been a problem for my angels( and other fish I have attempted to breed). They will lay eggs, but the hardness is so high, that the sperm can not penetrate the eggs. Or, once the eggs are fertilized, they go bad. I have used peat. No avail. I have used liquid hardness reducers and pH adjusters, no avail. I have used r/o ( surprisngly!) no avail. I have used driftwood, no avail. My pH just wont budge. The adjusters will change it, and then it bounces right back up( stupid hardness! ). Any idea's? I feel like an incompetent fish keeper when I can't get a fish to breed. This is annoying the crap out of me.