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lesleyanndunn wrote:what about the suggestion of coral sand to up your ph?
was suggested to me, and it does it slowly?

Hmmmm... Coral sand. Sounds and i think i know what it is. Do you have any pic for referral?

Iam currently using grade3 gravels. (that's what they call it here)
It's kinnda in between fine sand and those medium sizes ones.

Thanks again guys for all ur replies and concern!
Really appreciate it.






I wanted to take some time out and compose an essay about myself and how this forum had save me many times with the information and people in here.

I will try to take some time out this weekend to intro myself in the proper allocated thread.

To show my appreciation i would donate and purchase some merchandise here too.
Some are really cute.
But the only thing is that i ain't sure if they would deliver it all the way to Singapore. lol

get some coral rock and move out the driftwood - that should increase and stabalise your ph level

There is plenty of other decor to use, other than driftwood.

autophotos wrote:get some coral rock and move out the driftwood - that should increase and stabalise your ph level

Hi autophoto, sorry for asking some noobish question.

Isn't coral rock for saltwater?
I did a google picture search on coral rocks and as a matte of fact long time back i wanted to get it for my setup.
But since our fishes are scales-less , iam always afraid that it may cause damage to their body.
My puffy is easily spooked and at times she might just do a sudden dash into no where. I am afraid that if i were to intro coral rocks it might bang into it. Would it?

Any preferred coral rock that you would recommand?

Pufferpunk wrote:There is plenty of other decor to use, other than driftwood.

Care to share some natural decos?.....

Why i used DW is because it's close to their natural habitat.

There is fake driftwood and mangrove root decorations which would be suitable. You could also try some live or fake plants. I found Google very helpful for setting up a biotope for our irrubescos. It's not perfect but it's pretty good.

Combine all of those and you could have a nice setup

Flutter wrote:There is fake driftwood and mangrove root decorations which would be suitable. You could also try some live or fake plants. I found Google very helpful for setting up a biotope for our irrubescos. It's not perfect but it's pretty good.

Combine all of those and you could have a nice setup

Hey, my ever first puffer is a Irrubesco and a lorteti.....

Thanks for the tip, i'll try google'in for it.

Cheers!

Not a problem, here is a site I found helpful:
http://fish.mongabay.com/biotope.htm

There were others but they were all specifically for Asian blackwater.

I find this strange .. my PH keeps climbing and I have tonnes of driftwood. I also have some dead coral (decoration) and sea shells (decoration) and lots of rock in there.

I haven't found out if the culprit is the shells, rock, or coral. I also run CO2 which is supposed to drop the PH.

J-P wrote:I find this strange .. my PH keeps climbing and I have tonnes of driftwood. I also have some dead coral (decoration) and sea shells (decoration) and lots of rock in there.

I haven't found out if the culprit is the shells, rock, or coral. I also run CO2 which is supposed to drop the PH.

PRECISELY DUDE !....

I found VERY odd too....

Hence i post the problem here.

Read that the ideal pH for them is 7.8~8.8 and i can never reach there... LOL.....

My drift wood have been boiled in water twice for almost 6 hours each.
Could that be the problem?
I did the that is because i didn't want the DW to tarnish the water too much and disinfect it .

J-P wrote:I find this strange .. my PH keeps climbing and I have tonnes of driftwood. I also have some dead coral (decoration) and sea shells (decoration) and lots of rock in there.

I haven't found out if the culprit is the shells, rock, or coral. I also run CO2 which is supposed to drop the PH.

I have a place up at Ontario Mattherson.!

Flutter wrote:Not a problem, here is a site I found helpful:
http://fish.mongabay.com/biotope.htm

There were others but they were all specifically for Asian blackwater.

Thanks for the link!

Cheers!

Cool! Actually I have been to Singapore and Malaysia many times (mostly Borneo, Sandakan)

But try different things. A flux in PH is bad. Some shells might bring the PH up or rock ... try one at a time (a little at a time) and see how it goes.

Now on the shells part .. don't get the curly shells... they trap microbes and can kill the tank. Try the flat scallop type. Also keep in mind that those shells have residual salt in them. Try 1 or 2. See if it helps. Similar to dried coral. It also has microbes and salt that could adversely effect the tank. Proceed with caution.

This forum was originated by a 14 year old Malaysian kid.

J-P wrote:Cool! Actually I have been to Singapore and Malaysia many times (mostly Borneo, Sandakan)

But try different things. A flux in PH is bad. Some shells might bring the PH up or rock ... try one at a time (a little at a time) and see how it goes.

Now on the shells part .. don't get the curly shells... they trap microbes and can kill the tank. Try the flat scallop type. Also keep in mind that those shells have residual salt in them. Try 1 or 2. See if it helps. Similar to dried coral. It also has microbes and salt that could adversely effect the tank. Proceed with caution.

Hey J-P, Next time round when you are visiting Singapore give me a holla.

you know, when you told me to buy the corals, i did so immediately cause i'm anxious to fix this problem, so i bought this red looking coral which the LFS says its a "dead coral". Upon reading this, i got the wrong coral than.

The flat scallop kind you are talking bout is white in color and has lots of straight lines on it right?

Anyways the red coral bought has so much "white residue" (which i assume is salt) even that after soaking it in water for 3 days now, nothing has change. I am afraid of introducing it into the tank. So hence no corals yet.

The problem still persists, but it is dropping at a very much lower rate.

Is there anything to do with my filter system?
Can't be right?


Cheers!