Lower pH

[spiderlady]

Well I don’t have CPDs yet… but LFS said they are trying to get some for me. In the meantime I’m trying to get a nice home prepared for them. My tank is planted though not very heavily yet – I will get more plants as budget allows – and the plants are mostly just surviving not so much thriving… My well water softened has a pH around 8.4… I’m thinking my plants and CPDs would be a lot happier with pH closer to neutral.

-Any suggestions?
-Do you think adding a small DIY co2 setup along with decent stocking of fish will make any difference to lower pH a little? (55gal tank, currently 3 Zdanis and 2 Otos)
-I’ve heard of people using peat in filters for this – does it work and won’t it cloud/color the water?

Any thoughts/experiences you can share would be appreciated!

[BallAquatics]

My water here in Ohio is very hard too. I’ve used rain water to soften it up for many years now. I would think the rain in Alaska would be very good too. Much cheaper than trying to use an RO unit when you have rock-hard water in my opinion.

Dennis

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