snifflyfro
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I made yet another mistake. I've got my tank fully cycled, but when testing the PH I realized it has sky rocketed to 8.1. My tap water is 7.0 so I immediately wanted to see what was causing this. I filled a cup with a sample of the sand I use (Play Sand from Lowes, doesn't say anything about the contents on the bag).
I let the water and sand stand over night and sure enough the PH shot right up. Are the only solution to:
1. To deal with it and get higher PH fish
2. Complete substrate change.
I don't really want to put peat in the filter because I don't want the water discolored, and I'm not sure if I'm up to doing the CO2 method yet. Are there any other solutions? Will the sand eventually become exhausted?
Thanks.
I let the water and sand stand over night and sure enough the PH shot right up. Are the only solution to:
1. To deal with it and get higher PH fish
2. Complete substrate change.
I don't really want to put peat in the filter because I don't want the water discolored, and I'm not sure if I'm up to doing the CO2 method yet. Are there any other solutions? Will the sand eventually become exhausted?
Thanks.