trennamw
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My first time using a python for a water change, and the ph ended up at 8 instead of 7.5!
At first I thought I'd done the math wrong and added too much buffer but it seems my tap is actually really high. So doing another water change won't help. The city adds stuff to raise ph and we appear to be having a spike, the first I've seen in a year on this water supply).
It's a 56 gallon column, I don't have distilled water on hand, or anyone who can run it over to me, and I've got a sick kiddo asleep ...
The TDS hasn't changed more than 5 points, and I have read it's osmotic stress that's actually far worse for fish than ph change (in fact, there was speculation in that study that many illnesses blamed on ph swing are more from osmotic stress) ...
Ideas? Or will it just be ok?
I took out half the water, added 60 gallons worth of stress coat dechlorinator to the tank, added water, and while the water was running I gradually added the things I always add to get GH and KH up to 3-4 degrees. GH and KH are 4 as usual.
The fish are having a fine time, no sign of distress. Tetras, danios, Rasboras, Otos, teeny loaches.
Sent from my iPhone with three hands tied behind my back.
At first I thought I'd done the math wrong and added too much buffer but it seems my tap is actually really high. So doing another water change won't help. The city adds stuff to raise ph and we appear to be having a spike, the first I've seen in a year on this water supply).
It's a 56 gallon column, I don't have distilled water on hand, or anyone who can run it over to me, and I've got a sick kiddo asleep ...
The TDS hasn't changed more than 5 points, and I have read it's osmotic stress that's actually far worse for fish than ph change (in fact, there was speculation in that study that many illnesses blamed on ph swing are more from osmotic stress) ...
Ideas? Or will it just be ok?
I took out half the water, added 60 gallons worth of stress coat dechlorinator to the tank, added water, and while the water was running I gradually added the things I always add to get GH and KH up to 3-4 degrees. GH and KH are 4 as usual.
The fish are having a fine time, no sign of distress. Tetras, danios, Rasboras, Otos, teeny loaches.
Sent from my iPhone with three hands tied behind my back.