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I tested the water today in my 55g tank, as I recently switched 1/2 of the filter media with another tank..
The ph was at about 4.5... I could not believe it.. I've never seen a color so red out of my ph test kit before..
Haven't had a fish die in so long.. I'm not positive what's happening.. maybe a mini cycle is going on, and making the ph drop ..
Tap water ph is about 6.6 it seems..
I'm slowly now going to try to get the ph back to around 6.6 if I can.. I added a tiny bit of ph up.. about enough to raise the ph .1 .... ammonia and nitrites at 0.. don't have a nitrate test kit..
Hopefully none of the fish will die while I raise the ph.. was shocked to see it so low.
Was going to move 1 fish, but thought I'd check ph to make sure it wasn't different from the tank I was going to move it to... thankfully I did check it, cause the shock would have probably killed it.
Does anyone use any ph neutralizer type stuff? I'm considering trying something like that
The ph was at about 4.5... I could not believe it.. I've never seen a color so red out of my ph test kit before..
Haven't had a fish die in so long.. I'm not positive what's happening.. maybe a mini cycle is going on, and making the ph drop ..
Tap water ph is about 6.6 it seems..
I'm slowly now going to try to get the ph back to around 6.6 if I can.. I added a tiny bit of ph up.. about enough to raise the ph .1 .... ammonia and nitrites at 0.. don't have a nitrate test kit..
Hopefully none of the fish will die while I raise the ph.. was shocked to see it so low.
Was going to move 1 fish, but thought I'd check ph to make sure it wasn't different from the tank I was going to move it to... thankfully I did check it, cause the shock would have probably killed it.
Does anyone use any ph neutralizer type stuff? I'm considering trying something like that