What should the Ph of my tank be?
Question by Cody: What should the Ph of my tank be?
heres what i have in my 45 gallon tank:
1 jack dempsey
1 bumble bee cichlid
2 zebra cichlids
1 cory catfish
1 snakeskin gourami
1 turquoise severum
1 featherfin catfish
1 red hump geophagus
1 unidentified south american
they all get along so dont tell me that there not to be mixed they have been together for about a year. and im just wondering what would be the healthiest Ph
What do you think? Answer below!
4 Responses to What should the Ph of my tank be?
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Well, if you have had them for a year, I would say that your Ph is in the proper range right now. You really should not alter it unless for some reason the fish require it. If they couldn’t tolerate the Ph the way it is now, they would be sickly at the least.
junie
April 14, 2013 at 11:30 am
Wow, that’s a lot of fish – I assume they’re all pretty small. Ideally, you want it to be around 7.0 – that’s a “happy medium” for all the fish you’ve listed. However, if it’s not there and everyone seems to be doing well after at least two weeks, then I’d be really careful about changing it. Most people do more harm than good when messing with Ph.
Just as important to monitor is your kH, which buffers your Ph and keeps it from crashing – like when the nitrates build up because you have a lot of potentially-large fish producing waste in a relatively small tank, for instance. Just something to keep in mind.
blackbimmer1972
April 14, 2013 at 11:42 am
Those fish all should do fine with what your ph is at now. Most fish are tank bred or raised on fish farms as opposed to being wild caught, so they can tolerate ph ranges from 6.0-8.0 just fine. It’s not usually recommended to alter the ph, because there’s so many factors involved with doing it, and if you don’t know what you’re doing, the ph will most likely rise or crash back to where it originally was in the first place-causing stress or death to the fish from ph shock. I’d be more concerned about your tank being extremely overstocked then worrying about the ph though…..that’s much more of a factor to their health. C’est la vie……
tikitiki
April 14, 2013 at 11:47 am
The PH of a Fish Tank Should be 7 (neutral) 8 Or 6
NickyBabe
April 14, 2013 at 12:10 pm