Good afternoon all 
For a start, the pH of my tap water is 8.4. I had to completely break down and clean a 10g due to a complete die off and reset using only my tap water..(on the previous set-up I had used RO water that I had retreated with Kent's RO Right).
I currently have a small piece of driftwood and two silk plants in the tank for decoration. I tested the pH yesterday, which would have had the tank running for a week, and it had dropped to 6.0.
I think I read somewhere that driftwood can cause a drop in pH but I can't get this water to stabilize. Immediately after a water change it will jump to about 7.4 and then by 48 hours later it is back to 6.0.
pH up isn't working so it has to be a buffering issue..only thing I can think of is the driftwood but there has to be a way to counteract the effects....
Any ideas?
For a start, the pH of my tap water is 8.4. I had to completely break down and clean a 10g due to a complete die off and reset using only my tap water..(on the previous set-up I had used RO water that I had retreated with Kent's RO Right).
I currently have a small piece of driftwood and two silk plants in the tank for decoration. I tested the pH yesterday, which would have had the tank running for a week, and it had dropped to 6.0.
I think I read somewhere that driftwood can cause a drop in pH but I can't get this water to stabilize. Immediately after a water change it will jump to about 7.4 and then by 48 hours later it is back to 6.0.
pH up isn't working so it has to be a buffering issue..only thing I can think of is the driftwood but there has to be a way to counteract the effects....
Any ideas?
