dogsby8
Aquarium Advice Newbie
55 gal, undergravel filter and whisper power filter 3, temp 78 degrees,fake plants, new gravel, decorations all aquarium aproved. fish still alive at this time 9 angels, 6 tetras, 4 clown loaches, 3 corydories,1 upside down ccatfish and 1 male guppy. all fish are small except catfish which is full grown.
when i test the kh with a dip strip it reads 300 ( very high) and the ph reads 8.4 when using ph test drop kit. the tank has been setup for years. i traded in the old fish for all of the ones listed above with the exception of the cat fish. i the tested the water and relized i had a problem!!! removed all decorations ,plants( fake), and rocks . then did water change about 20 gal. nothing changed except now i had ich on two of the fish. raised temp to 82 and used quik cure at half dose. used a ph reducer, no effect. put fish in a bucket and removed all but about 5 gal of water and cleaned all sediment out from under gravel filter ( rock were lime stone) . filled tandk and used proper ph 7.0 put fish back in. ph was at 7.8 for about 12 hours then went back to 8.4 . continued to treat for ick and doing a 15 gal water change until ich was cured but not without fatalities. help what can i do to lower kh and in turn lower ph ????? [/center][/b]
when i test the kh with a dip strip it reads 300 ( very high) and the ph reads 8.4 when using ph test drop kit. the tank has been setup for years. i traded in the old fish for all of the ones listed above with the exception of the cat fish. i the tested the water and relized i had a problem!!! removed all decorations ,plants( fake), and rocks . then did water change about 20 gal. nothing changed except now i had ich on two of the fish. raised temp to 82 and used quik cure at half dose. used a ph reducer, no effect. put fish in a bucket and removed all but about 5 gal of water and cleaned all sediment out from under gravel filter ( rock were lime stone) . filled tandk and used proper ph 7.0 put fish back in. ph was at 7.8 for about 12 hours then went back to 8.4 . continued to treat for ick and doing a 15 gal water change until ich was cured but not without fatalities. help what can i do to lower kh and in turn lower ph ????? [/center][/b]