mattpf

Wow didn't realize this old thread kinda still had life lol Great to see more rays in Calgary and Alberta. We are stingray capital of north America

mine xp4 does it too! sounds like air. but after a few days mine will stop

anyways my ph is 7.4-7.5 i run a dripper on my 1300 gallon drip almost 300 gpd and that reading will be pretty accurate to give you ideas.something drives it up above 8 is what i need to know. rd you were right about the tap water cold water ph is 6.8 and warmer water is above 7. but after that its 7.5 than goes up to 8 or higher by the time i need to do waterchanges. when my tanks were overstocked the ph would go down now i dont have much load in them the ph wants to go up??? theirs nothing in the system for this to happen.would the use of peat in the sump help to keep it at 7.5 i did add some peat yeasterday when the ph was around 8 now today its at 7.5 and the rays are way more active now.it when it goes above 8 i notice they stay hidden and only move to eat

and you still have not explained how its impossible for our ph to be around 7???? seeing you have lived hear for all your life and have the knowledge of 50 - 60 years please explain and is their a reason why you have to talk down to me and be a dick

and how old are you ?? 60

cowtown

red deer water is alot different than calgary water too.alberta is a big province dude calgary actually has many different water sources.some communitys in the se here use a private rainwater treatment plant ,north part of city uses bow river water and south sector uses elbow river water,certian times of years we get a blend of bow and elbow water. how is it impossible for calgary water to have a ph of 6.8??? please explain i might be missing something.whats the ph of rain and snow 6 right.its soft water frozen up high than it runs down through a forest lots of dead fall wood ect. that will lower the ph of that water even more.most time of year the water is stable this is why i think this. if i take a glass of water let it sit for 24 hours and test the ph and it goes up like i know it will how can i prove if its co2 or just naturally buffering up because of mineral content?

no the fish are flower and tiger rays,probably the most challenging of fish to keep.i dont have a drip system hooked up to this tank and do one big waterchange once a weeks about 60%. so it would make sense with waterchange that big i maybe gassing my rays. i have taken a sample of water out of the tap though and let it sit for 2 hours than tested it and still 6.8??? i live in the last community in the se before you exit the city ,the water from glenmore takes some time to arrive here.now why would they add co2 in the water??? has anybody ever tested the water from the res or the bow before on here? my original theory was the runoff is causing unstable ph.the snow melts through thick forest until it hits the river system.the ph of snow and rain is always low around 6 ! than possibly the fact that the water than runs through all the forest may lower the ph even more kinda like peat will lower ph of water thats already kinda low.But the mineral content from the elbow river naturally buffers up the water. i do 60% water change my tanks always at 8.2 or higher when wc day comes i than mix 60% tap water with ph of around 6.8.this is whats causing stress i think if in fact its not co2 and just like i said? but i have talked to others in the city they tested their ph and its high and from same water supply ,so why is mine so low at the far south end of the city?

yes you will have a chance because their are a few black rays starting to breed.i have seen one of my males going nuts for the female but she seems to overpower him at every attempt.i was thinking of splitting the males and females up and throwing a female into the males tank see if that would help.he is around the females all the time ,maybe he needs to want it more!! and my other males only two years old and shown no interest yet! heres a link to my youtube channel take a look heres some of my rays,my favorites now are the flower and tiger got them trained on smelts and shrimp and tiger will take a few discus pellets.

does any bdoy else on here notice that the ph in our tap water one day can be as low as 6.5 and not even a day later it will be over 7 maybe 8. does anybody know why its doing this and what i can do to stop stressing my fish doing water changes,for some reason no matter what the ph will always buffer up in my tanks to over 8.is the minerals buffering up our water or is it co2 causing it,i have no idea how co2 would be getting into our water??

i will introduce my self i am matt have been keeping rays since 2003-04 i know have 8 currently in two tanks going.one is a 300 gallon system in which i have tiger and flower rays in,and in the basement have a 1300 gallon tank and contians 6 large black rays,henlei and black diamonds

i am new to this forum just wondering if theirs any other fellow ray keepers on here that i have not met yet!