Snails for food - Page 2

armadillo · June 24th, 2007

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Ooooh, thanks a lot for that, Musicman. The pH is kind of critical for us as it's naturally 8.0 out of the tap. I really wouldn't want it raised. So the slave option it is, then, rather than a seashell-themed substrate.

i think if you don't mind the look, it would be fine to leave the shells in the tank. once your pH gets too high, the shells won't dissolve to increase pH anymore. however, if your pH goes down, the shells will start dissolving and push the pH higher again. but keep in mind, this all happens really slowly.

Am thinking if it increases it from 8.0, that'd be reallly high, so I don't want to take the chance I think.

COBettaCouple · June 24th, 2007

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bettas seem to adapt to the local pH.. ours are all happy - at first we tried hard to get to the magic 7.0, but learned the important thing with pH is to be fairly constant.

Yeah, despite many attempts by my boyfriend and fish stores (whose side is HE on?) to get me to buy a pH lowering medium, I've resisted. I'd prefer not messing too much with it, and give them stability.

on top of wanting stability to the water pH - we tried a variety of pH altering products and they all did the same thing - wasted our money.. didn't help a bit. our water is too hard. found out to just not mess with the pH before we got water softener.. i'm glad too.. would've spent all that money to just kill the fish.

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