Can media from another tank effect pH on a new tank?

[Convict2161]

If I took bio max, rings whatever for say my African tank and seeded the new Fluval C4 with those rings and everything remained the same. Could those media rings effect pH?

I ask because a PetSmart employee said to me that yes, it will cause my pH to rise to 8.0-8.2 or whatever pH my African cichlid is at there for not a good idea to seed my filter with anything from my cichlid tank.

I learned my lesson before so I just said thank you for the info and walked out of the store baffled. Could he be right? I never thought of it...

 

[ocean]

Never heard of such a thing! You could have asked ten employee's from the same store and got ten different answers!

 

[HUKIT]

Billy Madison - Insanely Idiotic (Academic Decathlon) - YouTube

 

[Convict2161]

Billy Madison - Insanely Idiotic (Academic Decathlon) - YouTube

OMG! That's was GREAT!!! HAHAHA!! I should go there and play this for him haha. Seriously he was 100% NOT kidding. I knew it couldn't be true but I just had t ask....

Poor kid lol

 

[HUKIT]

If Mr. Miyagi taught me anything it's that there is "no such thing bad student, only bad teacher: teacher say, student do. All of the nonsense they're regurgitating they learned from someone else.