"Larry" wrote in message
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I've read something about maintaining salt in the water at 1tbsp/5gal.
Should I be looking into this soon? An the Ph level should be...?

Much appreciated ,

All the best,

Larry
Southern Ontario


Salt, while unneccessary, could be useful. I use about 1tbsp/10 gallons,
others use more.
The pH for the fish you have should be about neutral. Anyplace in the range
of 6.8 to 7.3 should be ok. Just a note on the Rams. They can be pretty
sensitive fish. Make sure you keep up with the water changes. If the tank
wasn't cycled already, once you returned the fish, a fishless cycle would
have been in order. The new occupants sound more suited to your tank size,
provided you didn't get ten of each.
Tim