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Hi All I have a Fluval Ebi tank. Typical setup with their Stratum substrate. The tank is planted and has a root driftwood My issue is that the Ph keeps dropping to 6 over a period of a week when its starting out with my Ph 7 tapwater. I have recently placed a fist size lava rock and tested it the next day and Ph went from 6.8 to 6.4 over a couple of days. I was hoping the rock would stabilize. Amonia Nitrites and Nitrates all zero. I use the standard internal filer that comes with the setup but have mini biomax in the large chamber. Tankmates include 7 cherry shrimp and 4 Galaxy Rasboras, 3 Badis, and now 4 neon fry added yesterday. I did start with a dozen cherry and some have passed over the last month or so. Usual's go into the tank like Prime and Stability and monthly Equilibrium. Does anyone think the Stratum is the dropping Ph culprit? -
Just curious to have some input from other people that have experience with growth rates and breeding of neo in low pH tanks. I originally had three chocolate/blue diamond shrimp in my TB tank two males one female. Originally the pH was higher than my test showed (API) then got a digital meter (Hanna) and found out what it actually was and lowered it. It went from 6.8 to now about 5.6-5.8 TB are breeding fantastic and I noticed the one female Chocolate has not bred. I heard that neos stop breeding in low pH so I was not surprised at this. That female gave birth to a batch of babies about six weeks ago and I notice that they are growing extremely slow at TB rate. Has anyone else noticed this? Temp is and has been 76F.
