Jdills1347
Aquarium Advice Regular
- Joined
- Mar 9, 2004
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- 89
Well I have had my 55 gallon tank setup for a while with some goldfish and a bristlenose pleco, and I finally have some time to set it up right and I would really like to do a Chiclid tank. My current pH is about 7.0-7.2 right now and I am trying to figure out the best way to raise the ph. I don't know what my kH is because I haven't got a test kit for that. Right now I have gravel in the tank with 2 Emperor 280 filters and 2 Marineland 550 pumps for my reverse undergravel filter. I was thinking of adding crushed coral to the tank to raise the pH but I wasn't really to fond of the way it would look with my brown natural colored gravel. What I would like to do is add a decently size piece of Texas Limestone. It looks really nice and it should raise the pH. My question is how much is it going to raise my pH? I know no one is going to be able to give me an exact value but should I expect a large jump or a small one? Thanks for any help and open to other suggestions.