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Our water is actually very alkaline but I add treatment to each water change to bring it to neutral 7.0 I have tried leaving it a bit alkaline 7.4 or so...vacuum the tank at least once a week and recently 3 times a week in hopes of affecting the ph...but no luck. I also have a foul odor coming...

Thanks for the advice...I am going to look into all of the advice the members have offered. I was really deep in the hobby about 30 years ago and never had this much difficulty with water stability...

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Hello everyone...does anyone know of an effective and safe way to increase the ph in a tank? I have a 40 gallon and a 10...both were at 7.0 and have dropped to about 6.0. No matter how many times I put in those 7.0 tablets the tank ph never changes. I know that I probably need to buffer my...