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Frontosa, anybody raise these?

Postby escaped convict on Mon May 07, 2001 11:29 pm

I'm am thinking of getting some! But myy water has a PH of 6.8, how do you increase it to 8.0 or 9.0? Do I use ocean sand a coral?

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Postby dethmunkee on Tue May 08, 2001 7:54 pm

put coral sand in a filter bag and into your filter. that will increase PH. salt also increases your PH, but i wouldnt use it unless of disease.
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Postby oscar2001 on Tue May 08, 2001 11:06 pm

As denmunkee said coral is the way to go,.
You could also line the bottom with crushed coral as well as putting it in the filter

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Frontosa, anybody raise these?

Postby escaped convict on Wed May 09, 2001 12:12 am

Thanks guys for the help.

But what about that little picture next to your name, it's cool! How do you get one of those?

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