How do you read Ph?

Sowilu said:

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Also is my ph too high for my community tank?...

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A consistent PH level rather than some defined "ideal" level is far more important as far as fish health and survival are concerned. Case in point: I have had fish in a community tank where the pH was consistently 8 over 7 years. I took no remedial action to lower the pH. Many of the fish in that tank were allegedly much lower PH range fish. 7 years later the fish are alive and kicking and healthy. If you read many books and listen to experts, they will say, different fish need different PH levels and you should do things to match that PH. For a community tank, even if that were true, what difference would that make. If you have tetras that enjoy lower PH levels together with blackskirt tetras or krib cichlids that enjoy higher PH levels, who are you going to aim to make happier. And if you add chemicals to lower your PH and you end up with frequent PH swings, I guarantee you, you will have dead fish.

I don't listen to experts and gurus. I go by own experience and observations and what I am telling you is based on my observations of having fish for 7+ years.

Best Regards.