Subject: Will amquel starve bacteria??
From: "BigBadGourami"
Date: 1/10/2004 1:52 PM Central Standard Time
Message-id: pKYLb.16535$sv6.47649@attbi_s52

I have tried to bring the pH down but my water is as hard as a dimond. I
tried aging it with peat and keeping peat in the filter. There was no
noticable affect on the pH. I am thinking just leave it alone. The more I
futz with the tank it seems the more problems I have. Better a stable high
pH than a fluctating stressful low one.


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Yes! It is MUCH better to have a stable pH than a bouncing one.
Most fish can adapt well to a high pH.
The only time you really need to mess with it is for breeding fish that reply
on a certain pH for spawning.