Jeffs
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Goal: To get a pH of 6.0 in my 4 gallon biorb.
Tank description: undergravel filter, 1.2gpw, heavily planted with java fern, anubias, anacharis, java moss. 1 piece of mopani wood.
I am using the seachem acid buffer and adding it to spring water in gallon jugs. I realize that I can get a pH of 6.0 in the jug but after I pour the water into the tank the next day, the pH jumps to 7 and stay there. I even have an extra jug of water that I put aside and the reading always stay at 6. Why is it that everytime I put the 6.0 spring water in my tank the pH jumps to 7? Is there anything I can do that make the pH stay at 6? My Weitzmani tetras, red dwarf rasboras and checkerboard cichlid prefer a low pH, what should I do to maintain a constant pH of 6? help please!! My Weitzmanis are not doing well and hiding at 7.0
Tank description: undergravel filter, 1.2gpw, heavily planted with java fern, anubias, anacharis, java moss. 1 piece of mopani wood.
I am using the seachem acid buffer and adding it to spring water in gallon jugs. I realize that I can get a pH of 6.0 in the jug but after I pour the water into the tank the next day, the pH jumps to 7 and stay there. I even have an extra jug of water that I put aside and the reading always stay at 6. Why is it that everytime I put the 6.0 spring water in my tank the pH jumps to 7? Is there anything I can do that make the pH stay at 6? My Weitzmani tetras, red dwarf rasboras and checkerboard cichlid prefer a low pH, what should I do to maintain a constant pH of 6? help please!! My Weitzmanis are not doing well and hiding at 7.0