vcorey04
Aquarium Advice Activist
I have Dolomite gravel in the bottom of my tank, and recently found out the pebble bottom may be buffering my pH at a high than normal level. Is this true?
The tank utilizes tap water. Out of the wall with dechlor, it registers at a happy pH of 7.4.
But in my tank the pH is steady at 8.0!!
i took the last reading at 3pm, so the temperature would go down as the sun sets, and also did a Partial Water Change. I think users refer to this as a PWC. right? n-e-ways. the PwC was done twice, and the pH went down to 8.0 FROM 8.2.
i have a small piece of drift wood in my tank and understand that this may help, but i just established the sucker and would hate to replace the gravel and go through it all over again.
so far i have 3 happy fish (2 tetras and 1 Noname) and 3 frogs.
please help with any suggestions because i do not want to stress out any new commers, and i am eager to get new fish.
btw: Nitrate 0, Ammonia 0. Nitrite 0, pH 8.0 <---not cool
v
The tank utilizes tap water. Out of the wall with dechlor, it registers at a happy pH of 7.4.
But in my tank the pH is steady at 8.0!!
i took the last reading at 3pm, so the temperature would go down as the sun sets, and also did a Partial Water Change. I think users refer to this as a PWC. right? n-e-ways. the PwC was done twice, and the pH went down to 8.0 FROM 8.2.
i have a small piece of drift wood in my tank and understand that this may help, but i just established the sucker and would hate to replace the gravel and go through it all over again.
so far i have 3 happy fish (2 tetras and 1 Noname) and 3 frogs.
please help with any suggestions because i do not want to stress out any new commers, and i am eager to get new fish.
btw: Nitrate 0, Ammonia 0. Nitrite 0, pH 8.0 <---not cool
v