Ph Up

[jcabs100]

How do I up my ph without hurting my fish as my water is very acidic it's about 6.0-6.5

 

[Aquascaper]

How long have they been in that water? Messing with pH could potentially do more harm than good and is not recommended unless you know what you're doing and continue to do it to maintain pH.

 

[jcabs100]

Well I've had the the tank for about over 2 years now...I recently bought a bristle nose pleco and I'm thinking it passed away because of the ph because everything else in the water reads perfect except ph

 

[Aquascaper]

If you've kept the existing fish in water with that pH for two years I would not change it, rather change the fish you want to put in to suit.

If you tamper with the pH just to benefit one new fish you will risk losing all your existing ones.

Plus a quick Google search lists the BNP's pH range from 6 - 8 so doubtful if that was the cause of death.

 

[jcabs100]

If you've kept the existing fish in water with that pH for two years I would not change it, rather change the fish you want to put in to suit.

If you tamper with the pH just to benefit one new fish you will risk losing all your existing ones.

Plus a quick Google search lists the BNP's pH range from 6 - 8 so doubtful if that was the cause of death.

At petco it wasn't called the bristle nose pleco it was called albino pleco and on its info pad it read it only grew 5" and then i went to a petland and there was a pleco called golden pleco I didn't get it because I was afraid it would grow as big as a common pleco I'm not sure I'd really like to get a pleco and would you happen to know any info on the golden pleco it's not a golden nugget pleco it's just a golden pleco I've checked on google and it takes me to the golden nugget pleco

 

[Aquascaper]

Do you mean a Gold Royal (Panaque nigrolineatus)?

 

[jcabs100]

I guess that's what I mean the guy at the store said it grows the same as the common or the butterfly fin pleco the guy was a noob because i was asking for info and he was doing something else not paying attention

 

[Aquascaper]

Well Gold Royals can get 12"+ similar to a Common.

 

[jcabs100]

Well Gold Royals can get 12"+ similar to a Common.

It's not a gold royal its just a gold pleco it's looks like the albino pleco but instead of albino it's gold the color of the pleco is goldfish brown

 

[elmo666]

How long did the plec last for when intorduced? It could be that there was a big difference in your water to the water at the lfs. Do you have bog/mopani would in your tank as these fish do need it as an aid to their digestive process?

 

[jcabs100]

It lasted a day it looked good then I woke up in the morning and it was dead and I have a lot of bog wood and plants idk what it could be it was also small like I was guessing in the difference in water maybe

 

[dwarfgourami]

Do you know what PH it was kept in by the shop? How did you acclimatise it? The problem is more likely to have been a sudden shock than the PH being too low- as others have said, 6.5 is not unusual in bristlie habitats. I would stick to what you have tbh adn Just think about acclimatising.