Seed_Lord
Fish Crazy
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Hello,
I've been keeping tropicals for a while now and now want to try something a bit higher grade, brought a very nice pair of discus on ebay, picking them up this week, I have what i need to soften my water (i believe water in my area is hard, as for actual PH i'm unsure, i'm borrowing my dads PH testing kit tomorrow and gonna buy my own before i get the fish if i need it, never really worried about ph levels before have the other kits and some ph strips (which are poo). I know the guys currently got them in 6.5-6.8 but i've read alot of conflicting info on discus and ph tolerances, from what i gather wild caught discus need their PH right, also if your attempting to breed, but tank bred discus will tolerate a range of PH's and just need a stable PH. Now what i just want to know is weather or not putting these discus from 6.5-6.8 into my water (again i'm unsure but it will be harder) with a good period of slow water mixes will likely harm them, i'll likely soften the water up anyway but would just like to know this for future reference. Thanks
I've been keeping tropicals for a while now and now want to try something a bit higher grade, brought a very nice pair of discus on ebay, picking them up this week, I have what i need to soften my water (i believe water in my area is hard, as for actual PH i'm unsure, i'm borrowing my dads PH testing kit tomorrow and gonna buy my own before i get the fish if i need it, never really worried about ph levels before have the other kits and some ph strips (which are poo). I know the guys currently got them in 6.5-6.8 but i've read alot of conflicting info on discus and ph tolerances, from what i gather wild caught discus need their PH right, also if your attempting to breed, but tank bred discus will tolerate a range of PH's and just need a stable PH. Now what i just want to know is weather or not putting these discus from 6.5-6.8 into my water (again i'm unsure but it will be harder) with a good period of slow water mixes will likely harm them, i'll likely soften the water up anyway but would just like to know this for future reference. Thanks