HI, was wondering if anyone can tell me how bad it is having low PH in your tank.
Have 68l tank been set up for months now and PH is usually around 7.2. I have recently got a 420l tank and have been cycling it, now heading into the 5th week and the PH in this tank is now pale yellow so approx 6.0. This was around 6.6 consistently until recently.
The large tank has a few pieces of bogwood and another kind of wood. However my tank has alot of algae growing in it with 2 T5 bulbs so i tested the Phosphate of the water and it was high so i put in API prevent algae liquid and now the PH has dropped.
Has this caused the large drop in the PH or could it be something else and how significant is this to potentially transferring my fish between the tanks?
Water reading is PH 7.0
Large tank readings Ammonia 0ppm, Nitrite 0ppm and Nitrate 0ppm. The ammonia was higher before but has dropped.
Hope someone can help.
Suzie
Have 68l tank been set up for months now and PH is usually around 7.2. I have recently got a 420l tank and have been cycling it, now heading into the 5th week and the PH in this tank is now pale yellow so approx 6.0. This was around 6.6 consistently until recently.
The large tank has a few pieces of bogwood and another kind of wood. However my tank has alot of algae growing in it with 2 T5 bulbs so i tested the Phosphate of the water and it was high so i put in API prevent algae liquid and now the PH has dropped.
Has this caused the large drop in the PH or could it be something else and how significant is this to potentially transferring my fish between the tanks?
Water reading is PH 7.0
Large tank readings Ammonia 0ppm, Nitrite 0ppm and Nitrate 0ppm. The ammonia was higher before but has dropped.
Hope someone can help.
Suzie