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Thanks Diana.

mickthefish, do you mean lowering the pH? Because the GH of my tap water is quite low already.

Thanks,
Stucky

Ok Diana, thanks a lot. But do you think I need to do that peat moss thing?

Stucky

Hi Diana. Thanks for the reply.

The best thing to do would be not having to do anything. Leaving my water as it is, pH 8.2 and GH 3, is good enough? Or do you really think I should try to alter the pH? I would prefer to leave it as is.

I don't have a KH test and I don't know the KH of my tap water ...

Ok. So it means that if the GH of my water is around 3, is it good for fish or not? I've been having 12 Glowlight Danios in those conditions for about a yer and they are very fine. No deaths.

Thanks a lot,
Stucky

thanks mickthefish. I'll do that. I guess the GH of my water is between 1 and 3 degrees. Is it possible to have a water with pH 8.2 and GH 3, for example?

Thanks,
Stucky

Thanks for the reply OneWay. I'll try that if my water really has a pH of around 8.2. Because after doing the GH test I just got confused.

Is it possible to have a water with pH 8.2 and then GH of 1 or 3 degrees? Or perhaps my water doesnt even have a pH as high as I thought?

What I mean my water ...

Any help on this? Please?

Thanks,
Stucky

Hi Diana. Thanks for yor post.

Tbh I just got really confused. I just went to my LFS to buy a kit to measure GH. I bought a Tetra kit. It says to add 1 drop at a time into 5ml of water and check when the water changes from green to red, and then the GH value will the number of drops. In fact I ...

Hello. I'm from London and the natural pH of my tap water is around 8.0/8.2. I don't want to use any chemicals to lower the pH. I have a bogwood and stones but they don't help lowering it. I've done some research and the problem is that the London water is just too hard.

Now, I was thinking of ...