My fault here of course. 120 Gallon aquarium. 13 larger angels and 3 regular size Frontosa, all get along fine. Could not figure out why PH was so high and spaced out checking what it was from the tap during water changes. Used to be 7.8. NO MORE> now 9.7 from the tap so there is the culprit. Bought a neutral down PH to reduce it by so far hasn't dropped by much. I'm probably impatient though.
Last night 7 PM 4 teaspoons, dropped nothing in two hours. 9 PM another 5 teaspoons. By 11 PM only down to 8.8. Woke up 7 AM, tested, still 8.8. This time at 7 6 teaspoons, its 9 30 now and still same but of course I'll check it at 11 to see for sure what's happened. Only thing I've done to tank is add copper for a potential velvet situation because 3 fish I bought died in two days. None of the remaining show anything. I want to reduce to 7.8 because all angels were tank raised and can tolerate and the Fronts as well as that is what they were in prior. Any thoughts ladies and gents on how to get this down other than what I"m doing? How often to add the PH down, when to check etc? Thank you
Last night 7 PM 4 teaspoons, dropped nothing in two hours. 9 PM another 5 teaspoons. By 11 PM only down to 8.8. Woke up 7 AM, tested, still 8.8. This time at 7 6 teaspoons, its 9 30 now and still same but of course I'll check it at 11 to see for sure what's happened. Only thing I've done to tank is add copper for a potential velvet situation because 3 fish I bought died in two days. None of the remaining show anything. I want to reduce to 7.8 because all angels were tank raised and can tolerate and the Fronts as well as that is what they were in prior. Any thoughts ladies and gents on how to get this down other than what I"m doing? How often to add the PH down, when to check etc? Thank you
