My Cycle has already stalled once before, and the cause was (we imagine) the PH dropping to near 6.5.
My water keeps evaporating, so previously i kept topping it up. This was making my PH worse due to some chemistry reason The answer was to do a water change - remove the left over stuff and replace it with new, 'level' PH. This worked the first couple times just fine. The PH leveled out just below 8 and stayed that way.
However, last night my PH dropped right down again, so i did a water change. 50%. But my PH has only gone up to about 7 (not enough for cycling). So, what do i do? I also tried adding a load of bicarb of soda, and that aint helped much either....well it has a bit, but not very much.
BUT while chatting to BIG BAD BARRY, he mentioned that doing a water change could screw up my cycle, as i am removing nitrate which is part of the process of creating my biological filter! So if its not advisable to change water.....what can i do?!
My water keeps evaporating, so previously i kept topping it up. This was making my PH worse due to some chemistry reason The answer was to do a water change - remove the left over stuff and replace it with new, 'level' PH. This worked the first couple times just fine. The PH leveled out just below 8 and stayed that way.
However, last night my PH dropped right down again, so i did a water change. 50%. But my PH has only gone up to about 7 (not enough for cycling). So, what do i do? I also tried adding a load of bicarb of soda, and that aint helped much either....well it has a bit, but not very much.
BUT while chatting to BIG BAD BARRY, he mentioned that doing a water change could screw up my cycle, as i am removing nitrate which is part of the process of creating my biological filter! So if its not advisable to change water.....what can i do?!