glasscanvasart
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I’m not sure if people have found this study before, but I came across it one day and thought I would share it.
The greatest concern of fish keepers is wether they are providing the optimal conditions for their animals. The factor that most often concerns them is water chemistry, specifically hardness and pH. Unfortunately changing these factors can be impractical and quite costly, though not excessively so. Many of the the threads in this area of the forum are about this question and I think this study could be helpful in answering them.
Here is the link: https://www.researchgate.net/public...eirodon_axelrodi_an_amazonian_ornamental_fish
And here is the data:
If you were to read the link you’d see that this experiment was done on Cardinal Tetras caught in the Rio Negro. The way the pH was adjusted was by adding HCl to create acidic conditions and NaOH to create alkaline conditions, but I’m not sure how closely this replicates the water hardness of our tap water with numerous different metal ionic compounds causing alkaline conditions. In addition to this, as I don’t have any experience with judging scientific research, so it would be great if I could get some comments from those of you who can.
Although this study was only done on Cardinal Tetras, it seems likely that many of the species from black water environments would fair similarly.
Thanks in advance,
The greatest concern of fish keepers is wether they are providing the optimal conditions for their animals. The factor that most often concerns them is water chemistry, specifically hardness and pH. Unfortunately changing these factors can be impractical and quite costly, though not excessively so. Many of the the threads in this area of the forum are about this question and I think this study could be helpful in answering them.
Here is the link: https://www.researchgate.net/public...eirodon_axelrodi_an_amazonian_ornamental_fish
And here is the data:
If you were to read the link you’d see that this experiment was done on Cardinal Tetras caught in the Rio Negro. The way the pH was adjusted was by adding HCl to create acidic conditions and NaOH to create alkaline conditions, but I’m not sure how closely this replicates the water hardness of our tap water with numerous different metal ionic compounds causing alkaline conditions. In addition to this, as I don’t have any experience with judging scientific research, so it would be great if I could get some comments from those of you who can.
Although this study was only done on Cardinal Tetras, it seems likely that many of the species from black water environments would fair similarly.
Thanks in advance,
