[AquaticLife] Im sorry I have ADHD! brackish water set up
First, a brackish water tank will naturally have a higher pH than your other tanks simply by the nature of the water. You do not say how you are making the water brackish, the specific gravity of the water in your brackish tank is OK. You should use a good quality marine salt, as you are doing, and vary the specific gravity a little bit both up and down since many fish experience changes in the wild of the salinity of the water, either by moving their location from place to place, or simply by having a higher influx of freshwater into their environment, such as may be produced by rainfall, or an increase in the flow of freshwater coming into the area, or a reduction in the amount of freshwater available to moderate the salinity.
What are your baseline pH values of your water from the tap? Take a sample as you would be doing a water change, and measure the pH. Let the water sit and measure again at 24 and 48 hours. This will give you a baseline pH, and the measurement after 48 hours should be close to what you see in your freshwater tanks.
I do not know what your water company is adding to the water. You need to get a copy of the yearly report that is issued by them on the water. Look on their web site for a copy. Water chemistry is very complex. Water has natural buffers which maintain a certain pH level. Modifying those buffers can lead to unwanted results, so you do need to be careful when modifying them, especially trying to reduce the pH. Water companies will buffer the water to increase the pH to help save their pips, but this effect is only temporary. Agitating the water, as you mention with a high water flow, or by other methods, will speed the dissipation of the chemicals used, but even letting the water sit will lead to the same result.
Brine shrimp are easy to hatch, and you might want to consider trying it, maybe one batch a week for all your tanks–a small amount of eggs makes a large number of baby brine shrimp, and all your fish would enjoy the treat. There are innumerable articles on the web describing how to hatch brine shrimp.
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> —–Original Message—– > From: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of > turbocoupe76 > Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 11:54 PM > To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [AquaticLife] Im sorry I have ADHD! brackish water set up > > I started a brackish water tank with a 3/4″ bumblebee goby and a 1.5″ > male guppy. They are in a 10 gallon tank. It has a small rock cave and > a couple of plastic plants and a 5″ long piece of black rigid tube from > an old canister filter (use as a hiding spot?) Im using a thin layer > (1/4″) of small aquarium gravel as substrate. For filtration I am using > an Aquaclear 100 or Mini with the sponge from an AQ30 and their bag of > Biostone. I am not running any carbon. I also am using AQ powerhead 10. > > PH is at 7.8. I dont know how it got that Alkaline but im told that > where it should be for brackish as all my other tropical aquariums > except the guppy tanks are 7.0-7.2. The guppy tanks are also high > alkaline. Im was told that running a fast current in a tank helps bring > up the PH because it makes the Limestone(buffer) that the county LI, NY) > puts in the water evaporate. Is this true??? > > Salinity is at 1.006. Is this a good area to be in. I was told to put 2 > TBSP of Instant Ocean per gal of water. I bought an IO Hydrometer and > this is where its at. > > The Goby seems to tolerate freeze dried bloodworms and wont eat tubifex > worms. He loves live brine shrimp though! Are brine shrimp easy to > hatch. The LFS said that the Brine will only live about 24-36 hours. I > dont want to buy live shrimp everyday. any thoughts? > > Sorry I ask so many different questions. even when my previous ones > dont get answered right away. Its my adhd. I live my life like I ask my > questions. I jump around alot. Its lets me have my own business and > have 6 aquariums 5 dogs 15 fainting goats 25 chickens 2 pheasants 7 > cats 3 hermit crabs all smack dab in the middle of NY suburbia!! Plus > I cant sleep more than 4 hours a night LOL > > >
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