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Old 07-28-2004, 01:35 PM   #1
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ph in new tank too high


i used tap water to fill the 55 gallon tank that I am going to upgrade my 30gallon planted tank into. i used citric acid to lower the ph to 7.0 and added turbo start and a swordfish pair and a betta. (theres a heater and airstone in the tank now). i tested the ph the next day and it is up to 7.8. how should I go about lowering the ph to 7.0 again before i transfer the rest of the fish and plants over? will the ph just climb back up again?

I did notice the tendency of the ph in the 30 gallon to lower to 6.0 despite using 7.0 water for weekly water changes. is it because there are a lot of fish in there? (2 rainbowfish, 7 loaches, 4 otocinclus)
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Old 07-28-2004, 10:48 PM   #2
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I would start with maybe some ph down or some Peat to lower the ph. There is always the option of driftwood. I have found that bogwood and driftwood works well at keeping the ph down where it is acceptable for plants and some of the lower ph fish




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i did put one small piece of driftwood from the 30 gallon into the 55 gallon; I guess I could put more. speaking of which, I am stupefied at my inability to make the connection between the three pieces of driftwood in the 30 gallon and the low ph. Can you tell I am new to planted aquaria?! I did buy some seachem buffer to get the ph down and did one dose of that in the 55, although since there will be driftwood I will probably hold off on the buffer since the wood did such a good job of lowering the ph in the 30 gallon. Is a ph of 6.0 anything to worry about though? that seems awfully low.
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I am stupefied at my inability to make the connection between the three pieces of driftwood in the 30 gallon and the low ph. Can you tell I am new to planted aquaria?!
Well to be honest as far as explaining it I cant just know it works im sure there is a chemical reason but.............
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Is a ph of 6.0 anything to worry about though? that seems awfully low.
Long as the fish are aclimated to it I dont see a problem with the stock ya have in there.
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ack..we are supposed to test the water in a FW tank?
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Old 07-30-2004, 04:17 PM   #7
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stang, i wasnt asking you to explain why the driftwood lowers the ph. my comment was referring to the fact that I KNEW (or, at one point I knew but then I forgot) that driftwood lowers ph and yet I didnt make the connection in my brain as to why the ph in my tank was so low (I was making fun of myself)
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