First aquarium journal

I was just worried it might be to high for my betta fish and what ever i choose to put in later. I was also just worried becouse it seemed to suddenly go up from 7.8 to 8.2 which had me thinking I had messed something up. I have already lost 4 fish do to me not knowing enough and i dont want to loose another one.

That makes sense and glad you care enough to want to learn. Your ph is just fine. Most farmed fish, which includes your betta, are not particularly sensitive to ph. Wild caught fish can be. Perfect example are ottos. But you address that through proper acclimation. Consistently changing ph through additives is very hard to do and leads to fluctuations which is far worse for your fish.

Good luck and keep us posted.

 

That makes sense and glad you care enough to want to learn. Your ph is just fine. Most farmed fish, which includes your betta, are not particularly sensitive to ph. Wild caught fish can be. Perfect example are ottos. But you address that through proper acclimation. Consistently changing ph through additives is very hard to do and leads to fluctuations which is far worse for your fish.

Good luck and keep us posted.

Alright will do. I really appricate all the help i've been getting. I do have a question though. What is the best way to acclimatise fish for something like pH? I have always been told floating the bag you get the fish in is the way to accliatised them for temprature but i know that wont work for pH.

 

Alright will do. I really appricate all the help i've been getting. I do have a question though. What is the best way to acclimatise fish for something like pH? I have always been told floating the bag you get the fish in is the way to accliatised them for temprature but i know that wont work for pH.

For sensitive fish and all shrimp, the best acclimation is one where you put the new fish along with all of the water they came with into a bucket. Then you set up a drip line from your tank to the bucket and allow tank water to slowly drip into the bucket. You can stop when the water volume quadruples. The speed at which you do this depends on the sensitivity of the fish and the gap between the two water parameters. I do this over the course of 3-4 hours since I maintain my tanks at a very acidic level by using aqua soil (for planted tanks). For most people 1 to 2 hours is more than enough. For details of setting up a drip line search either this site or YouTube. It simply involves siphoning water using an airline hose with a very restricted flow.

 

For sensitive fish and all shrimp, the best acclimation is one where you put the new fish along with all of the water they came with into a bucket. Then you set up a drip line from your tank to the bucket and allow tank water to slowly drip into the bucket. You can stop when the water volume quadruples. The speed at which you do this depends on the sensitivity of the fish and the gap between the two water parameters. I do this over the course of 3-4 hours since I maintain my tanks at a very acidic level by using aqua soil (for planted tanks). For most people 1 to 2 hours is more than enough. For details of setting up a drip line search either this site or YouTube. It simply involves siphoning water using an airline hose with a very restricted flow.

Alright thanks will definitely do that

 

Oct 1:
pH: 8-8.2
Ammonia: 0ppm
Nitraite: 0ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
I was thinking about maybe adding some more fish to my betta's aquarium when I next get payed. I was thinking either neon or runny nose tetras or maybe some harlequin rasporas. What do you all's think?

 

Hello again. It’s been a while since I’ve checked this thread (and been as active as usual here), so I’ve forgotten some information.

So, just to clarify: this thread IS the journal for your betta’s tank, is it not?

 

Hello again. It’s been a while since I’ve checked this thread (and been as active as usual here), so I’ve forgotten some information.

So, just to clarify: this thread IS the journal for your betta’s tank, is it not?

Yes it is

 

In that case, adding a group of fish with the betta can be a hit or miss. Rummy noses are faster swimmers, so they would prefer a larger tank anyways.