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erm cheetf i use bottle ro water so i choose bottle distilled water
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Seems to be an issue of new tanks that have very low PH readings lately. As such I am trying to find out the possible common causes.
erm cheetf i use bottle ro water so i choose bottle distilled water
Noted. Thanks for voting. By the way what PH did you achieve?
I just use normal tap water with decholrined liquid. So far mo major problem save for some losses for my swordtails and guppies. Staying in punggol area
Are you cycling in a bare tank or with soil? What is your ph now?Originally Posted by caspia
Yes, noticed this too, with a bare-bottom tank, & a tank with substrate (mixed GEX Shrimp soil with ADA New Amazonia Aquasoil). Both tank achieved pH of 5.0 consistently using aged tap water (that is also processed with SeaChem Prime).
pH 5.0...I don't know how my snails are going to grow healthily.
Tapwater to cycle too shrimp tank with soil. Start cycle at 6.6 drop to 5.6 now maintain at 5.7-5.9
tap water. just 10-15% with some chemical to remove the chlorine.
Bare tank with 5.0 PH? That is very interesting. You have big driftwoods inside?.
I'm afraid eventually you will see many of your snails with whitish corroded shells.
What is your PH?
Wow so far seems like the everyone is starting with tap water. So what is the cause of such low ph in the new tanks?
The prevalent use of soils for most tanks these days?
Fish.. Simply Irresistable
Back to Killies... slowly.
Maybe. But use of soil is not really a new thing. Previously, we could lower the ph using soil but it rarely goes to the low ph 5s and stays there. Usually after a while it will come back up to the ph 6 region.
Hmm, then it must be something to do with the buffering capacity of our tap water. Mine drops from pH 7.2 to 6.8 when left stagnant for about 3-4 days. I think I need to do another test.
Fish.. Simply Irresistable
Back to Killies... slowly.
guys don't mind if ask is there anyway to bring up my ph level ? my ph keep staying at around 5.5ph for my planted tank with shrimp and tetra
hmm what is the water you use now for water change? tap? distill?Ro?
Our water composition seem to have changed again.
Do a test the rainfall season is done. I believe they have do away with some or lessen the dosage amount that is refering pub. I just collect a pair of 10L last week. As usual PRactise I dose ph down this time it went below ph 5 after a few days it sit at 5 assuming it climb back but it stay put at 5 for the last few days.........
Wa got such thing one ? Water put long become acidic but I know atmosphere got co2 but will hit below 7?then quite suspicious .Any water studies pro? XD and by the way if water composition change then we better care in case got funny stuff that may hurt our shrimps
Yes it drop actually when you add a air stone into your aged water it will
Happen.
Last time I think the purpose was to aerate the tapwater to air out the chlorine faster.
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