[AquaticLife] help with cory’s
I wouldn’t put it in a bottle. The other fish won’t bother with the rind once all the pulp is gone so the snails would find it much easier. Only my snails would be found grazing on the bare rind.
You need to check your tap water baseline to see if your water supply has a lower pH now. I know in my area, the pH and GH are much lower during the winter months. I believe this is because during the warmer summer months, the warmer water running through supply pipes will cause some of the mineral buildup to leach into the water. Basic chemistry proves that the two things that will help a solid go into solution is heat and agitation so it’s logical that warmer water flowing through the pipes would cause leaching of the solids built up on the insides of the pipes.
If your tap water baseline is still high, do you have driftwood or something else in the tank that might be leaching and lowering your pH?
I would check to see if your tap water pH is crashing once it’s in your tank as that would cause problems to some fish. If it’s dropping from 7.0 to 6.5 quickly, that would be considered a crash and could put some fish into pH shock. I think the preferred general guideline is no more than 0.1 pH change every couple of hours. My Disease page on my blog has a section about non-disease issues that cause fish problems and deaths and pH shock is one of the issues.
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