I have two tanks and two issues. Tank #1 is a 30 gallon freshwater, already cycled. All levels are good except pH is 8.2. It is a community tank with 2 mollies, tetras, 2 Panda Cory's, one gourami, one angel and 4 danios. I was concerned about the pH because I read that a community tank pH should be about 7.0 so I added some pH down, which I wish I would've researched more than I did. Now I would do it differently, but that's water under the bridge. Issue is a have a ton of foam and bubbles now in my tank. My fish are doing great though. Could the chemical pH down have caused that? Should I just give it some time to resolve itself or will it hurt my fish?
Issue #2 .. second tank is 55 gallon, freshwater tropical. It is brand new and being cycled with a couple of platys and a couple cherry barbs. It's just a few days old so all levels are good except my pH which is 8.4. the tank hasn't started cycling yet but am getting a little bit of foam on top of this tank too. I used my old media for this tanks filter but have not used any chemicals in this tank. Will this pH hurt my fish? What should I do about these pHs?
Issue #2 .. second tank is 55 gallon, freshwater tropical. It is brand new and being cycled with a couple of platys and a couple cherry barbs. It's just a few days old so all levels are good except my pH which is 8.4. the tank hasn't started cycling yet but am getting a little bit of foam on top of this tank too. I used my old media for this tanks filter but have not used any chemicals in this tank. Will this pH hurt my fish? What should I do about these pHs?
