PH up help.
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What is your substrate? And, do you have any rocks in the tank? You can leach minerals from some rocks and substrates that raise the KH, which also raises the pH.
You've already checked to be sure it isn't offgassing of tap water?
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For those that may not know...
Water directly out of the tap will often have an artificially lower PH, caused by the internal water line pressure and Co2 gasses that may be present in the lines. You can often take water from the tap, measure the PH, let the water sit for a day, measure the PH, and record a noticeable difference since the Co2 gas has been given time to escape from the water. In this case, a water change with fresh tap water can cause a temporary PH drop that eventually rises back up to natural levels. If the PH changes occur over a short period, like 24 hours, and then stabilize, this could be the cause.
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For those that may not know...
Water directly out of the tap will often have an artificially lower PH, caused by the internal water line pressure and Co2 gasses that may be present in the lines. You can often take water from the tap, measure the PH, let the water sit for a day, measure the PH, and record a noticeable difference since the Co2 gas has been given time to escape from the water. In this case, a water change with fresh tap water can cause a temporary PH drop that eventually rises back up to natural levels. If the PH changes occur over a short period, like 24 hours, and then stabilize, this could be the cause.
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It may be the Eco. I have read about it temporarily raising the KH and therefore the pH. It seems to be temporary and only lasts for a few water changes. I've never experienced it myself but I have only used Eco in one tank.
Do you have any white pieces in your Eco Complete?
Do you have any white pieces in your Eco Complete?
Most new substratesd will not have a lowering effect on the tank water, as they age, they get sour and more organic matter builds up, the older gravel likely did this, whereas this new gravel, will take some time, the EC sometimes will raise it.
Flourite will not impact pH at all, I've never heard anyone ever say anything about flourite doing anything to the pH/GH/KH.
Regards,
Tom Barr
Flourite will not impact pH at all, I've never heard anyone ever say anything about flourite doing anything to the pH/GH/KH.
Regards,
Tom Barr
matpat;11402 said:
No I made sure I did get the reg. eco-complete not the Eco-Complete African Cichlid Gravel-20l(Carib Sea) that raises the ph.
Tom Barr and all thank you for helping me now what KH should be at and how to keep that number?
Also is there a way to the yeast mix to set it at a point so it not lower the ph so low?
fishtk75;11419 said:
Actually, some of the Eco Complete for planted tanks had some calcium carbonate chunks in it a while ago...or at least what appeared to be calcium carbonate. If I remember correctly, all of their substrates for both freshwater and saltwater are made at the same place and their was some cross contamination....
Eco Complete is mined, not manufactured. So, it is possible and has happened before, for them to get batches that have calcium carbonate mixed in accidentally. At least that is how I remember the problem that happened with a big bad batch of Eco Complete several months ago.
Here is a thread that is a couple of years old about the Eco Complete. This thread was imported from Aquabotanic's Wet Thumb forum during the merger with APC. Unfortunately, the thread I linked to in my response (post #5) in no longer available on APC. That thread had pics of the white chunks folks had found in their Eco Complete.
Again, it was not the African Cichlid mix that Carib Sea sells, it was in fact Eco Complete for Planted Tanks
Again, it was not the African Cichlid mix that Carib Sea sells, it was in fact Eco Complete for Planted Tanks
I went through my old pics and found one photo from June of '04 that has a couple of visible white chunks in it
You can see one small chunk directly under the leaf of the A. barteri 'nana' and another one to the far right up against the glass. This is what folks were finding in their Eco Complete back then and I imagine it could still be a problem today
You can see one small chunk directly under the leaf of the A. barteri 'nana' and another one to the far right up against the glass. This is what folks were finding in their Eco Complete back then and I imagine it could still be a problem today
Thanks all When I opened the bags of eco-complete it was all black and had no white calcium carbonate in That I saw at all.
I added sum of super naturals media my have calcium carbonate mixed in put they said no.
CaribSea's Freshwater Substrates
I added sum of super naturals media my have calcium carbonate mixed in put they said no.
CaribSea's Freshwater Substrates
matpat;11438 said:I went through my old pics and found one photo from June of '04 that has a couple of visible white chunks in it
You can see one small chunk directly under the leaf of the A. barteri 'nana' and another one to the far right up against the glass. This is what folks were finding in their Eco Complete back then and I imagine it could still be a problem today
How did you get the pic to show up big from Image shack?
My pic is small.
Baking soda = sodium bicarbonate, bicarbonate of soda, NaHCO3
Epsom Salt = MgSO4 (hydrated = with some water in the crystal structure)
Crushed Coral = CaCO3, calcium carbonate
Epsom Salt = MgSO4 (hydrated = with some water in the crystal structure)
Crushed Coral = CaCO3, calcium carbonate
I don't use any calcium carbonate. I do have a container of Seachem Equilibrium in case I feel a need to increase the GH, but lately I have felt no such need. When I feel a need to increase KH I use baking soda, but, except for experiments, I haven't felt that need for quite awhile either.fishtk75;11581 said: