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  • #1

    Raise PH naturally

    Hey guys,

    I am in the process of ending my cycling, and now will be trying to raise the ph level of my tank. I have black sand and black Seuiya? stones in there.

    What can I add that will raise the Ph naturally?
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  • #2
    Baking soda, various salts... how high are you trying to get? Our tap is crazy hard and only Sulawesi and African rift lake stuff is harder usually.
    In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
    Desiderius Erasmus
    GHAC President

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    • #3
      There are a few oddball Sulawesi mineral additives offered by some folks online that work well
      In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
      Desiderius Erasmus
      GHAC President

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      • #4
        Yes but these additives are not going to be a permanent fix will it? I am making a tank for Sulawesi shrimp

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        • #5
          Depending on water change schedule I guess. There are two different supplements, one for reproducing one lake and the other for the other 2 lakes. Here are the water parameter specs from the actual lakes. Here is the supplements and their description and specs. Salty Shrimp 7.5 (Poso, Mutono, rest of the Malili lake systems) and Salty Shrimp 8.5 (Towuti and difficult to breed Sulawesi shrimp species). Cardinal Shrimp and Tylomelania have been bred in our normal tap water with some success, though I can personally attest to the Cardinals being the hardest to achieve success with. Temperature is another issue as the lakes are very warm and water chemistry are difficult to maintain. I had very few plants that could survive in that temperature range. They did not appreciate water changes and we tried to stick with 10% every week or two. Tylos are far more forgiving. They breed and thrive in our Tanganyika tank, colder water and whatever the parameters. The shrimp are far more finicky, we are experienced keepers and these were the toughest I have ever had. Very small and spend the day in hiding, emerging at night to feed. Unexplained initial losses are common. Our tank was cycled for months prior to introduction to grow out biofilm.
          In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
          Desiderius Erasmus
          GHAC President

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          • #6
            Ok I grew several tropical plants in my former Sulawesi tank. I had to move and so it was broken down and I am resetting my tank up. I am using black sand that is ready for plants. Its cycled since about three weeks before Christmas.
            I have turned my heat up to 84 to cycle as fast as I can. I am running my lights 16 hours a day to induce algae.
            I grew swords, and some other long long ribbon plant in my foreground that did outstanding in my tank.
            I also raised Cardinals from tap but they were several generations in tap water. I will try the salts and just monitor the ph. Do you currently have anything for sale?

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            • #7
              Not I, nor Tim as he is moving. Likely will try another tank in the future, but will be sometime before I am motivated again. I saw some starry night, Cardinals, and a few other Sulawesi for sale at Fish Gallery a few weeks back. Not sure what they wanted for them, but beyond Cardinals they can get pricey. Our tank was set about the same, but never had any luck with plants, might have been the crushed coral substrate though or the small confines as it was only a 3 gallon. Bred Cardinals a few times in it, but they hid all the time and eventually gave up on it and decided if I were to do it again it would be a much bigger show type tank with a ton of rockwork. They did seem to enjoy the Iodide I dosed, but it might have been entirely my imagination. I tried to get some of the Sulawesi plants, but no hits anywhere and even tried on the planted tank. Might be available now, but have not checked in quite awhile. Think it was Red cherry water plant (Chara sp. Fragilis) sometimes referred to as Towuti cherry plant. I hunted all over and never found some in the states for sale, but a few folks said the shrimp loved them in their tanks via shrimpnow
              In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
              Desiderius Erasmus
              GHAC President

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              • #8
                It was strange because my Cardinals were very shy at first. However once they settled in they would always be out. I used really bright lights and so if they wanted to eat they had to come out on the algae. I very rarely fed them, so they had to come out if they wanted to eat. I am planning on setting up a tank with the following.
                Sulawesi shrimps (whatever I can get)
                Baubalti Green shrimp
                Malawa Shrimp
                Royal blue - or some other intense blue species
                Those spider crab things
                Bamboo shrimp
                Blue Paracardinia
                maby a couple of CPO's if they are the same sex
                Several Rabbit smails
                and about forty Trumpet Snails

                All in a 37 gallon. I have lots of rock but will work on aquascaping after it is cycled.

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