High Ph

[seanec]

just setup 33liter tank but my ph is high, will drop down

Ph 8.2

 

[Amberleaf]

Yeah.... It's usually pretty high when you first start out a tank. I've had that twice now. I only have 5 tanks, see.

 

[seanec]

thanks

 

[fishyfeet]

have you added plants and bogwood as this would lower it also

 

[seanec]

no should i put some in ? i have plants in my trigon 190 and the ph is 7.2 so i will put some in thanks, will let u no

 

[Haych]

i have some floating froggbitt AND bogwood AND indian almond leaves and my ph is 9+ - tank has been running for ages now too

 

[seanec]

thats a bit high init being 9ph?

 

[BlackWidow]

Add Lemon juice to your water that willl lower the PH and give your Fish Vitamin C at same time

 

[Haych]

can you do that? i dont know why its so high, even after a water change. my water has a PH of 7-7.5

it has IAL, coconut caves and bogwood in

 

[mattlee]

can you do that? i dont know why its so high, even after a water change. my water has a PH of 7-7.5

it has IAL, coconut caves and bogwood in

what other ornaments and substrate do you have? any rocks etc? thats quite a rise to over 9pH if tap water is 7-7.5.....

 

[Haych]

i have fake slate cave, greek rock thing, and silk plants.

will run a test again today to see how high it is

 

[stoneagedinosaur]

Mine sits at 8.2 most of the time. I'm going to introduce some CO[sup]2[/sup] to improve my plants - hopefully they'll help to bring it down a touch. Need to get some more bogwood (got some Java fern growing on a wee lump) as the pleco will like it too!

 

[Haych]

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[stoneagedinosaur]

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[Haych]

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just done a PH test on both of my tanks... the ph in my 125 is between 7-7.5 so is good, yet the ph in my boys 180 tank is still at 9!

no-one i suffering because of it, but why on earth is it so high? could it be the algae that is building up on the dividers??