Help: PH too low

[chiller]

Hi guys, my 2ft tank PH keep dipping. PH this morning reading is 6.4 after yesterday 10% water change. GH is about 180ppm.

How can I up the PH without causing any disaster to my CRSs and not getting too high a GH? Is it advisable to water change 10% daily to adjust to higher pH?

Thanks.

[beetroot]

hi, what do you mean by keep dipping? how low did it go, and is it a new set up? new set up is more prone to pH swing.
what do you have in your tank?
me no expert, but i thougth 6.4 is pretty normal, what pH are you trying to achieve?
coral chips, baking soda would increase pH but need more info first as you wouldn't want pH spike too.

[Luc Tango]

yeah, i thought 6.4 is normal too. CRS prefers PH below 6.5 if i am not wrong.

[EddyTing]

Ya, 6.4 is very good already. Mine at times would go down to 5.0. And it has been months....I gave up waiting and will try coral chips.

[beetroot]

oh.. Eddy, still not ok ah? Hehe.. how long already?
put some coral chips into your filter. then one day... you'll be surprised it's ok ! 2.5months for me.

[hann]

Hi guys, my 2ft tank PH keep dipping. PH this morning reading is 6.4 after yesterday 10% water change. GH is about 180ppm.

How can I up the PH without causing any disaster to my CRSs and not getting too high a GH? Is it advisable to water change 10% daily to adjust to higher pH?

Thanks.

What is causing the low ph? what substrate are you using?

[EddyTing]

oh.. Eddy, still not ok ah? Hehe.. how long already?
put some coral chips into your filter. then one day... you'll be surprised it's ok ! 2.5months for me.

Sigh..... Ya, not ok yet. Will try that unwillingly. Thanks for the concern, bro. Hope i would get the same result as yours one day....I think it's been 3 month already....

[acit]

6.4 is ok for CRS, IMO.
I have kept my tank for a year now at around 6-6.5
Personally, if the CRS are not making a fuss and breeding happily, no need to get excited.

Good Luck!!!!


Cheers
Acit

[chiller]

Thanks guys. Tanks running for almost 6 months, am using magic soil. I dont see them molting and almost every week or two, I will have one piece of casualty. The bumble bee snail shell tip is turning white, which I read in the forum is due to acid level too high. So I am kinda of concern about the PH.

[acit]

Are they breeding?
Whats the KH like?


Cheers
Acit

[haywas_35]

Try not to create too many changes to the stablise tank by adding or removing this and that. The low pH at 6.4 should not be the cause of the casualty. Don't worried of the snail shell get chip off.

[chiller]

Are they breeding?
Whats the KH like?


Cheers
Acit

No breeding at all.

[acit]

Post photo of your tank/eq etc.
List out the items/plants/fauna in your tank.
Maybe we can try help you out.

Cheers
Acit