Yellow Labs

[monkeyman]

2 Days ago i manged to get what i was told was a pair of breeding yellow labs. the pH in my tank is 7.0 and i know these fish need 7.3-8.0 but would they do ok at a constant 7? anyone any experience of keeping these fish outside their pH range??? My tap water is 7.0 you see. Are chemicals a no-no to increase the ph? How else would i increase the pH??? btw, i paid £35 for the two fish they are about 2.5" long, is this a fair price??

 

[Fella]

2 Days ago i manged to get what i was told was a pair of breeding yellow labs. the pH in my tank is 7.0 and i know these fish need 7.3-8.0 but would they do ok at a constant 7? anyone any experience of keeping these fish outside their pH range??? My tap water is 7.0 you see. Are chemicals a no-no to increase the ph? How else would i increase the pH??? btw, i paid £35 for the two fish they are about 2.5" long, is this a fair price??

Best way to buffer would be with rocks and coral sand. The use of chemical buffers can make crashes almost inevitable in some cases.

I have never kept an eye on the price of yellow labs before, but for 5" of fish, 35 does seem a fair bit.

Are you keeping them with anything else?

 

[monkeyman]

2 Days ago i manged to get what i was told was a pair of breeding yellow labs. the pH in my tank is 7.0 and i know these fish need 7.3-8.0 but would they do ok at a constant 7? anyone any experience of keeping these fish outside their pH range??? My tap water is 7.0 you see. Are chemicals a no-no to increase the ph? How else would i increase the pH??? btw, i paid £35 for the two fish they are about 2.5" long, is this a fair price??

Best way to buffer would be with rocks and coral sand. The use of chemical buffers can make crashes almost inevitable in some cases.

I have never kept an eye on the price of yellow labs before, but for 5" of fish, 35 does seem a fair bit.

Are you keeping them with anything else?

Yeah, im keeping them with 1 tilipia mariae 5", 1 jack dempsy 3", 1 blue acara 3", 1 pleco 8". No ones seems to bother them at all, in saying that i will be gettin a small 60l tank soon for them especially what about my pH of 7.0 buddy?

 

[Fella]

2 Days ago i manged to get what i was told was a pair of breeding yellow labs. the pH in my tank is 7.0 and i know these fish need 7.3-8.0 but would they do ok at a constant 7? anyone any experience of keeping these fish outside their pH range??? My tap water is 7.0 you see. Are chemicals a no-no to increase the ph? How else would i increase the pH??? btw, i paid £35 for the two fish they are about 2.5" long, is this a fair price??

Best way to buffer would be with rocks and coral sand. The use of chemical buffers can make crashes almost inevitable in some cases.

I have never kept an eye on the price of yellow labs before, but for 5" of fish, 35 does seem a fair bit.

Are you keeping them with anything else?

Yeah, im keeping them with 1 tilipia mariae 5", 1 jack dempsy 3", 1 blue acara 3", 1 pleco 8". No ones seems to bother them at all, in saying that i will be gettin a small 60l tank soon for them especially what about my pH of 7.0 buddy?

The 7.0 PH seems ok for now, but I wouldn't want to keep it at that level. be sure to get the new tank soon and use the buffering methods I've recommended. I wouldn't fancy keeping them in the tank they're in for long because of the tank mates also.

 

[monkeyman]

thank you sir. when i get my new tank, would i add bicarbonate os soda to switch the pH to 8.2 and then use coral sand as a substrate? does the coral hold it at 8.2? Please Please help. im gettin my tank tomoz

 

[Fella]

thank you sir. when i get my new tank, would i add bicarbonate os soda to switch the pH to 8.2 and then use coral sand as a substrate? does the coral hold it at 8.2? Please Please help. im gettin my tank tomoz

What I would do is add the Coral sand and then test the PH a few hours after everything is settled. If the PH wasn't around the 8 mark I'd consider adding Bicarbonate of Soda.

 

[monkeyman]

Good! So the coral sand will raise the pH anyway? what does the sand raise the pH too?

 

[Fella]

Yeah, use Coral sand as the substrate rather than sand, it will raise the PH.

 

[Ginge]

I would have to say £35 is a very high price i pay £8 for 1 at my LFS.

 

[ozzy47]

i would say £35 is high for two yellow labs aswell we paid £3 each for ours and the coral sand will get the ph up fine we use it and have no probs at all

 

[monkeyman]

i would say £35 is high for two yellow labs aswell we paid £3 each for ours and the coral sand will get the ph up fine we use it and have no probs at all

Thanks man. My labs are around 3" long... I have seen a lot smaller ones in my lfs for £6.50 each. Maybe were just ripped off in Northern Ireland

 

[Ginge]

i would say £35 is high for two yellow labs aswell we paid £3 each for ours and the coral sand will get the ph up fine we use it and have no probs at all

You probably should have brought the smaller ones

 

[emmuscat]

This week i bought 3 yellow lab @£ 3 each they are 2 inches .

 

[monkeyman]

Dogged again