tropical-fish
Aquarium Advice Freak
Hey there!
I’m having a problem identifying what is causing the ph of my tank to be so low at 5.0 (and that’s the lowest my test kit reads).
Here’s the setup:
Substrate and decor: Dennerle Crystal Quarz Gravel-Diamond black (ph neutral according to the manufacturers website) and some river rocks.
(A sample of the gravel and all the rocks have been removed and tested by soaking in buckets of water for 8 hours now and ph is still 7.0. I'll keep them soaking for a few days to see if anything changes).
My filter is an FX5. Top tray is filter wool and Seachem Purigen, 2nd tray Seachem Matrix, bottom tray JBL Micromec sintered glass balls.
The only chemical I add to the water is Seachem Prime.
Tank size 48L x 24H x 18W
Ammo: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: around 10 – 20
Water changes of at least 30% per week.
My tap water ph is 7.5 straight from the tap and 7.0 by the next day.
Ideally I'd like the tank water at ph7.0 to match the tap water without adding any chemicals.
Thanks in advance for our input.
I’m having a problem identifying what is causing the ph of my tank to be so low at 5.0 (and that’s the lowest my test kit reads).
Here’s the setup:
Substrate and decor: Dennerle Crystal Quarz Gravel-Diamond black (ph neutral according to the manufacturers website) and some river rocks.
(A sample of the gravel and all the rocks have been removed and tested by soaking in buckets of water for 8 hours now and ph is still 7.0. I'll keep them soaking for a few days to see if anything changes).
My filter is an FX5. Top tray is filter wool and Seachem Purigen, 2nd tray Seachem Matrix, bottom tray JBL Micromec sintered glass balls.
The only chemical I add to the water is Seachem Prime.
Tank size 48L x 24H x 18W
Ammo: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: around 10 – 20
Water changes of at least 30% per week.
My tap water ph is 7.5 straight from the tap and 7.0 by the next day.
Ideally I'd like the tank water at ph7.0 to match the tap water without adding any chemicals.
Thanks in advance for our input.