"Flash Wilson" wrote in message
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I am constantly impressed by the resilience of fish.
I could only keep half of their pH 6 or below water, and had to
top it up with pH 8 from the tap. So much for all this "only
change 0.1pH at a time"...
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I think NetMax (correct me if I'm wrong) said it's the other dissolved
things in the water and not the PH itself that kills them if there's a
difference. I know if I don't acclimate fish from certain stores where the
PH is low and the water is soft to my water with a high PH and high
alkalinity, they will often die. They gasp at the surface before dying.
Sometimes it takes a few days for them to die. Whether it's the PH
difference or other things in the water I have no idea......
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Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995...
Aquariums since 1952
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