Peat moss

by **natalie265** » Mon May 09, 2011 6:41 pm

Don't boil it first. It should be changed at least every other week. Just an FYI, if your water is really hard with a high buffering capacity (as mine is) the peat (and driftwood) will have very little to no effect on the ph.

by **tinadno** » Tue May 10, 2011 1:04 am

I dont have africans mixed with discus. I have a separate 70 gallon that im putting discus and tetras in. My tap water pH is between 7.2-7.5. I already have a huge piece of driftwood in that tank and it hasnt lowered the pH at all.

by **natalie265** » Tue May 10, 2011 1:18 am

Well, if the peat moss doesn't help, you could use RO water. That's what i use in some of my tanks. But 70 gallons is a lot of RO water!

by **Alasse** » Tue May 10, 2011 5:30 am

Wood will do very little to adjust PH

I would use a mix of RO/tap or rainwater/tap to get lower PH

Peat moss

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Peat moss

6 posts