steveangela1

My tap water that I tested today has a ph of 7.2, however back when I had the jungle strips it showed we had hard water....
I know the GBR's like the lower ph with soft water..... is there something I can do to make my tap water okay for them?
I am getting my substrate for them, plants, peat? that I read you put in the tank tomm....
Do I need to go ahead and buy spring water for that tank? its just the 10g so its not like it will be a huge deal to have extra gallons sitting around for it..
I want to make sure the water is perfect for them before I purchase them... that means getting the old substrate out (its snail infested and I want to get different substrate for the GBR's) and cleaning my aritficial plants to remove snail eggs (its the infested tank) So I want to get rid of any chance of having a snail infestation w/ my gbr's.....
The filter is cycled so I am guessing I should leave well enough alone??!! The nitrites are -0- in the tank right now however its full of guppies and adf's and I am delivering them to one of my moms friends tomm....

King_Snuggles

I have heard to leave the Ph alone. take a really long time to aclumate them to the tank but they will adjust to the water hardness. I have been told the less chemicals you use the better. I would just use prime for the tap water and not alter it any more than that.

susitna-flower

What kind of filter do you have? Will you be able to use peat? Place it in a bag maybe in the filter? Use drift wood, and just let the ph alone. If you do use peat test at least once a week, because it will wear out and need to be replaced, but this should do great for keeping it naturally a little lower.

steveangela1

Thanks.. I have some driftwood for the tank, I went yesterday and got my stuff to set it up, and I have it done and running now, w/ new plants and all....
I will post a pic soon! I didn't like the idea of black sand about a month ago, but that is what I got and I am so glad I did the tank looks cool!