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hi everyone!i have tried 3 different kinds of sand(tahitian moon sand,3m color quarz and quartz pool filter sand) they all seem to affect my water chemistry in ways i'm not liking.i'm getting tired of setting up tanks and not being able to keep the ph and hardness where i want it(my barebottom tanks are staying right where i want them)i just set up a tank with quartz pool filter sand(supposedly inert) and no matter what i do the ph goes up to 7.5.i have spawned rams in barebottom tanks in the past(although i must say i don't think they particularly liked it) and just had my dicrosus spawn in a barebottom tank.have any of you had any luck spawning apistos in barebottom setups.what about barlowi?the 3m sand(well washed) made my tds go off the scale of my meter.way higher then my tap water.seems like the tahitian moon sand was buffering the water as well.i can keep it between 6 and 7 pretty easily but not lower.i put a pair of pelvicachromis sp. aff. subocellatus in the last setup and i'd really like to get the ph below 7.5 anyway.
thanks craig oliver
thanks craig oliver