Watering the Girls with Aquarium water.

Sup Growmies?

I have access to an endless supply of aquarium water(post fish usage).. What is a safe product to drop the PH so that I can feed it to my girls (plants)s? Ive seen old threads here so I figured I would get fresh info

Thanks, MX

It's called "Guppy-ponics", not sure about the spelling.

MX450 said:

Sup Growmies?

I have access to an endless supply of aquarium water.. What is a safe product to drop the PH so that I can feed it to my girls? Ive seen old threads here so I figured I would get fresh info

Thanks, MX

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Uh . . . . pH Down maybe? What’s the pH?

Don't use any citric acid based ph adjusters unless you want to kill your fish.

PJ Diaz said:

Don't use any citric acid based ph adjusters unless you want to kill your fish.

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I think you misunderstand my question so let me clarify. . I have an endless supply of aquarium water, this water is siphoned out and dumped into a large fishing lake... I have access to this aquarium water before it goes into said lake. The GIRLS that I mentioned are my plants not FISH. Hope this clears things up for you.

hotrodharley said:

Uh . . . . pH Down maybe? What’s the pH?

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This water has a PH of 8.6

T.H.Cammo said:

It's called "Guppy-ponics", not sure about the spelling.

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Not my GIG, Im a Organic dirt grower.

Is the fish food you feed the ornamental fish Organic?

Question. Is this a fish farm like with trout or other fish used for food or a Koi farm?

MX450 said:

Not my GIG, Im a Organic dirt grower.

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If you are in actual soil don’t adjust anything. I would dilute with water at first to see how hot it is. I emptied a giant 60 gallon aquarium directly onto plants and they loved it.

hotrodharley said:

If you are in actual soil don’t adjust anything. I would dilute with water at first to see how hot it is. I emptied a giant 60 gallon aquarium directly onto plants and they loved it.

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what was the PH of that 60 gallons of water?

MX450 said:

what was the PH of that 60 gallons of water?

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Lol. Who knows? I am not into fish. This thing was in the house I rented. 2 chicks came by and offered to clean it. They needed to drain it so I drained it onto the garden. It was great. So instead of giving everything away I kept doing it. Until the fish died one by one.


I’m telling you that you don’t have to adjust pH for dirt grows. The soil takes care of it. Now it might have a ton of nitrates. I don’t know. But don’t sweat pH for feeding in dirt. Terra firma. Earth.

MX450 said:

I think you misunderstand my question so let me clarify. . I have an endless supply of aquarium water, this water is siphoned out and dumped into a large fishing lake... I have access to this aquarium water before it goes into said lake. The GIRLS that I mentioned are my plants not FISH. Hope this clears things up for you.

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How did using the community pond work out for you? I would imagine NUMEROUS variables had to be controlled. I'm curious if you had the water tested for nitrates, ammonia, phosphorous, etc. I'm curious because I'm still learning how to use aquarium water for my dirt grow. I have a 75 gal in my house and I have a variety of fish types living there. Its rich with nutrients.