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:? OK I'm cornfused....
There seems to be a lot of talk about making and maintaining aquariums; reef, FO, and what not..However, I have yet to see much on the topic of PH and its effects on fish and LR and so on....I have found general explanations of (if your ph is low the water is acidic and if the ph is high it is not and so on) Looked at some books and they also have hundreds of pages of aquarium setup and maint and 2 pages of chemistry....OK, I have vented>>>>phew...
Now my dilemma,
Is it natural for the PH to drop during cycling? if so does it repair itself? If you have water sources for water changes that are lower than the ph in your tank, how does that help the PH level doing 10% water change? What in the %$#@ can you use to successfully raise he PH? These things are driving me crazy...
When the tank started out, I had a PH of 8.2. In 12 days that is now down to 7.8 and falling....Watching the ammonia and nitrites and both are about equal at this point....another thing is, I think this Red Sea test kit sucks...
Nitrates are starting to show on the color chart
Am I freaking out for nothing?
There seems to be a lot of talk about making and maintaining aquariums; reef, FO, and what not..However, I have yet to see much on the topic of PH and its effects on fish and LR and so on....I have found general explanations of (if your ph is low the water is acidic and if the ph is high it is not and so on) Looked at some books and they also have hundreds of pages of aquarium setup and maint and 2 pages of chemistry....OK, I have vented>>>>phew...
Now my dilemma,
Is it natural for the PH to drop during cycling? if so does it repair itself? If you have water sources for water changes that are lower than the ph in your tank, how does that help the PH level doing 10% water change? What in the %$#@ can you use to successfully raise he PH? These things are driving me crazy...
When the tank started out, I had a PH of 8.2. In 12 days that is now down to 7.8 and falling....Watching the ammonia and nitrites and both are about equal at this point....another thing is, I think this Red Sea test kit sucks...
Nitrates are starting to show on the color chart
Am I freaking out for nothing?