I think I read about the reason for this long ago, but I was hoping someone could educate me more about this.
My tap water is 7.8 or 8.0 out of the tap. Not bad.
Water is very hard; there are calcium deposits all over the water fixtures!
2 days after a water change, my tanks always read 8.4-8.6. I accept it and move on. I have not added anything to my tanks for the purpose of changing the ph. S
ubstrate is eco-complete, and only eco-complete.
Maybe deteriorating snail shells are one cause for the change in my ph? I have found a few mixed in my substrate, and I know that snail shells leach calcium into soil in forests.
I keep tropical soft-water fish and I have yet to lose any of them. Actually, I think I've only lost 1 cory over the last 9 months. Yay.
But I'm always nervous about adding new fish; my water is not ideal for many species. It would be nice to keep the ph as low as it is from the tap.
Why does my ph change?
My tap water is 7.8 or 8.0 out of the tap. Not bad.
Water is very hard; there are calcium deposits all over the water fixtures!
2 days after a water change, my tanks always read 8.4-8.6. I accept it and move on. I have not added anything to my tanks for the purpose of changing the ph. S
ubstrate is eco-complete, and only eco-complete.
Maybe deteriorating snail shells are one cause for the change in my ph? I have found a few mixed in my substrate, and I know that snail shells leach calcium into soil in forests.
I keep tropical soft-water fish and I have yet to lose any of them. Actually, I think I've only lost 1 cory over the last 9 months. Yay.
But I'm always nervous about adding new fish; my water is not ideal for many species. It would be nice to keep the ph as low as it is from the tap.
Why does my ph change?