Sorry - I am not selling Peat Balls at present as the quarry I got the peat from has closed. This is a good alternative: http://geni.us/wPAXAYf Can peat balls reduce the pH in an aquarium? Our hundreds of satisfied customers would testify that they can. We use them in our shop for our soft water tanks and they keep the water soft and at a steady pH6.5. IMPORTANT: Ensure you do not have gravel or rocks in your tank which are the most common cause of high pH. If you do, the gravel or rocks can buffer the water pH up preventing any treatment (including peat balls) from working. When they are squeezed, instant 'blackwater' extract is released into the aquarium which clouds it. The colour is quickly removed by the filter. In our shop (and what we recommend) we use 1 ball per 50 litres and only squeeze them once a week (after a partial water change). If they are squeezed more than once a week, or used 1 ball per less than 50 litres, the pH tends to drop to 6. They last for many months in an aquarium and even when they have released all of their goodness, they continue to be useful as a 'sponge' in a similar way to ordinary aquarium peat which helps prevent the water conditions changing too quickly. The tanks we use the balls in have a sand substrate and tests have shown that the pH is not as stable with gravel as a substrate as it can buffer the pH up when the peat balls are trying to buffer it down. Many of the breeders who come into our shop use the peat balls to condition water for their killifish, corydoras and dwarf cichlids with great success. Used in conjunction with alder cones (to protect eggs in hatching containers from fungal and bacterial attack) peat balls offer the missing link that breeders of soft water fish have been searching for for years. Soft water, lower pH and most importantly - happier fish which are more likely to breed. To buy, follow the link below to our Ebay page (and take a look at our feedback), or check out our website link. Ebay page: http://shop.ebay.co.uk/tynevalleyaquatics/m.html?_trksid=p4340.l2562 Website: http://www.filterpro.co.uk
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Richard from Tyne Valley Aquatics demonstrates how to use specialized peat balls to lower and stabilize pH levels in fish tanks. These balls contain concentrated ancient peat that releases humic acid, creating a blackwater effect ideal for South American species, while acting as a buffer to prevent pH spikes.
Hello, I'm Richard from Tyne Valley Aquatics
and in this video I'm going to show you how to lower
the pH with these fellas, which are peat balls.
We're actually the only company that sells these because
the peat that's in these balls is very difficult to get.
It comes from about five feet down in an ancient peat bog.
We actually get it from a quarry that bites away
at the face of the peat, so it's quite easy for us to get.
If you try to dig a hole in the peat bog,
By the time you got a foot down,
it would just start filling with water and you wouldn't get much peat.
So, these are basically just a ball of super slimy,
really concentrated peat encased in a permeable membrane.
Very, very good for lowering the pH.
They keep most of our tanks down to about 6.5,
and that's with us really squeezing it about once every week,
or maybe even once a fortnight.
Sometimes we forget about it entirely.
If we squeeze them more than once a week,
it tends to drop the pH to about 6.
which is great for some killifish and also discus,
dwarf cichlids, most of your South American stuff.
There's a tank behind me here,
which is at the minute got piranhas in, so I'll show you when you
put them in, when you put the peat ball in and give it a squeeze,
what sort of stuff comes out.
Actually before I do that, I'll just explain
a little bit more about what does come out of here.
It's basically humic acid, which is very very old rotted peat.
Pretty much exactly the same as what you would get
in a prepared black water extract, like Tetra black water extract.
If you look on the back, the main ingredient is peat extract.
Here we go, stick it in. Put the light on as well
so you can see what's happening.
Water's starting to go cloudy.
It's basically just releasing
black water extract
into the tank.
When I've finished giving it a bit of a squeeze and the water's cloudy,
I can just drop it in the bottom of the tank.
The peat in there will act as a bit of a buffer,
and it will help to keep the pH at the lower level.
The last thing your Amazon fish want is a pH that's going to go up,
especially if you've got gravel in, that tends to buffer it up over.
The peat will help to buffer it down.
The colour that comes out will soon be taken out by a filtration,
especially if you've got carbon in,
and within sometimes five or ten minutes,
the water's pretty clear.
Certainly within an hour, it should be crystal clear.
We sell these in packs of five.
on the internet on our eBay site the links down here we
also sell them on our website again the
link is below this in the description we send them worldwide
and to date we've shipped hundreds
and if you check the feedback on the eBay site you'll see
that everybody has been very pleased
