RDouglas50
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Hello everyone,
I just want to first say that this website is pretty cool, and I'm learning much more here than I ever thought I could about aquariums ever, so thank you.
That being said, I got a bit of a difficult concept for me to grasp, alkalinity and ph. Being new to fish and aquariums, I had no idea how everything, especially water quality, would effect the quality of life for a fish. Here's where it gets complicated for me. I have a 10gal tank upgrade for my betta, who's currently in a 1gal betta bowl in premade betta water. I have well water, and geographically I'm sitting on a giant bed of limestone. Ph is above 8.4 and not even registering on the kit I have, and alkalinity is 300+
I was told to stabilize alkalinity before I even thought about neutralizing the ph, but I'm having a hard time with the concept. Is it the bacteria in the nitrogen cycle that's used to stabilize the alkalinity?
I just want to first say that this website is pretty cool, and I'm learning much more here than I ever thought I could about aquariums ever, so thank you.
That being said, I got a bit of a difficult concept for me to grasp, alkalinity and ph. Being new to fish and aquariums, I had no idea how everything, especially water quality, would effect the quality of life for a fish. Here's where it gets complicated for me. I have a 10gal tank upgrade for my betta, who's currently in a 1gal betta bowl in premade betta water. I have well water, and geographically I'm sitting on a giant bed of limestone. Ph is above 8.4 and not even registering on the kit I have, and alkalinity is 300+
I was told to stabilize alkalinity before I even thought about neutralizing the ph, but I'm having a hard time with the concept. Is it the bacteria in the nitrogen cycle that's used to stabilize the alkalinity?