Impulse09
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Is it a problem if my tap ph is 6.4 and my tank is 7.4? If I do a 50% water change my pb would now be 6.9. Is that to much of a dip in the ph in a 20 minute span?
I read somewhere that when setting up a tank initially you should check your tapwater ph (assuming this is the water you will use for the aquarium) and then plan to stock with fish suited to that ph, instead of vice versa. Obviously this advice wont help now, but you can buy ph up or ph down to adjust your water before adding to the aquarium, and i seem to remember also reading that for each point change on the ph scale is a tenfold difference so what you are suggesting is a 5X10 fold difference. Some fish are quite resilient but others are sensitive to rapid ph fluctuations.
Would be interesting to follow your progress though.