Ph and alkalinity?

[glock26]

Always have problems with ph and alkalinity. Ph is about 6.0 and alkalinity is lowest on chart. I have 30 gallon with cories and tetras. Any ideas on how to raise these naturally. If not how about chemical wise. I do have live plants also.

 

[King Fisher]

You could add crushed coral to your tank to raise pH.

 

[ZxC]

You can add a few degrees of carbonate hardness (kH) via some baking soda or some potassium carbonate.

Use rotalabutterfly . com to figure out how much to dose to get to a certain kH value.

Then you can just run your water as is (after boosting kH)

 

[kashif314]

You cam use shrimp reminilizers to raise gh or kh. Some raise gh and some raise both gh and kh.