Need Of Some Help!

[t4ppo]

Hi, i did a water change yesterday, i also set up my new 4ft tank a few days ago, i took a small amount of filter media, less than a third of the sponge and stuck it in my new filter in my 4ft to give it a boost, now i tested my water just and my ph is 6, general hardness is nearly zero as is my carbonate hardness and my nitrate is getting on for 80! What can i do!!

 

[fatheadminnow]

Are you doing a fish-less cycle?

A pH of 6 is going to cause your beneficial bacteria in your filter to go dormant.

You have to do a water change to get your pH back up to at least 7.0.

-FHM

 

[t4ppo]

Are you doing a fish-less cycle?

A pH of 6 is going to cause your beneficial bacteria in your filter to go dormant.

You have to do a water change to get your pH back up to at least 7.0.

-FHM

This is in my current tank that has been runnning for 2 months!

 

[fatheadminnow]

What do you have in your tank?

How often do you do water changes and how much water do you change out?

Decor:

Any wood or rocks:

Live plants:

-FHM

 

[t4ppo]

What do you have in your tank?

How often do you do water changes and how much water do you change out?

Decor:

Any wood or rocks:

Live plants:

-FHM

I have 5 zebra danios, 4 neons, 4 corys, and betta,

They have been in there about 2 months and water has always been perfect,

i change 20-25% every 4 or 4 days,

 

[t4ppo]

What do you have in your tank?

How often do you do water changes and how much water do you change out?

Decor:

Any wood or rocks:

Live plants:

-FHM

I have 5 zebra danios, 4 neons, 4 corys, and betta,

They have been in there about 2 months and water has always been perfect,

i change 20-25% every 4 or 4 days,

Am i right in thinking that because i have quite a few plants in my tank this is causing the ph to drop because of excess co2?
So i need to turn my oxygen pump up?
Or am talkin rubbish lol?

Ps i have only been doing this 2-3 months..

 

[hollanda88]

Am i right in thinking that because i have quite a few plants in my tank this is causing the ph to drop because of excess co2?
So i need to turn my oxygen pump up?
Or am talkin rubbish lol?

Plants use CO2 to respire and produce O2 so that shouldn't be a problem unless your injecting CO2 into the tank, which it doesn't sound like you are.

Do you treat water when you do water changes?

 

[t4ppo]

Am i right in thinking that because i have quite a few plants in my tank this is causing the ph to drop because of excess co2?
So i need to turn my oxygen pump up?
Or am talkin rubbish lol?

Plants use CO2 to respire and produce O2 so that shouldn't be a problem unless your injecting CO2 into the tank, which it doesn't sound like you are.

Do you treat water when you do water changes?

yes i use Interpet tap safe, Its just strange because its always been 7.0 my ph,

 

[hollanda88]

Am i right in thinking that because i have quite a few plants in my tank this is causing the ph to drop because of excess co2?
So i need to turn my oxygen pump up?
Or am talkin rubbish lol?

Plants use CO2 to respire and produce O2 so that shouldn't be a problem unless your injecting CO2 into the tank, which it doesn't sound like you are.

Do you treat water when you do water changes?

yes i use Interpet tap safe, Its just strange because its always been 7.0 my ph,

Whats your tap water pH?

 

[t4ppo]

Am i right in thinking that because i have quite a few plants in my tank this is causing the ph to drop because of excess co2?
So i need to turn my oxygen pump up?
Or am talkin rubbish lol?

Plants use CO2 to respire and produce O2 so that shouldn't be a problem unless your injecting CO2 into the tank, which it doesn't sound like you are.

Do you treat water when you do water changes?

yes i use Interpet tap safe, Its just strange because its always been 7.0 my ph,

Whats your tap water pH?

about 7.0 and the carbonate hardness and general hadness are 120, my tank is 0..
my tapwater is also showing as havinh 20 nitrate in...

 

[hollanda88]

do you have any ferts in the tank or woods, water changes should bring the pH back up to 7 but u need to identify why its changed in the first place. Added anything in the last few weeks?

 

[t4ppo]

do you have any ferts in the tank or woods, water changes should bring the pH back up to 7 but u need to identify why its changed in the first place. Added anything in the last few weeks?

i did add a large piece of bogwood with java fern on it on friday, but i have done a water change since then, and teh bog wood is now in my 4ft tank, and i dont have any ferts in the tank,

thanks jamie

 

[hollanda88]

do you have any ferts in the tank or woods, water changes should bring the pH back up to 7 but u need to identify why its changed in the first place. Added anything in the last few weeks?

i did add a large piece of bogwood with java fern on it on friday, but i have done a water change since then, and teh bog wood is now in my 4ft tank, and i dont have any ferts in the tank,

thanks jamie

Well its proberbly the bogwood which has caused the drop in pH (someone correct me if im wrong), have you tested the pH of the new tank?

 

[t4ppo]

do you have any ferts in the tank or woods, water changes should bring the pH back up to 7 but u need to identify why its changed in the first place. Added anything in the last few weeks?

i did add a large piece of bogwood with java fern on it on friday, but i have done a water change since then, and teh bog wood is now in my 4ft tank, and i dont have any ferts in the tank,

thanks jamie

Well its proberbly the bogwood which has caused the drop in pH (someone correct me if im wrong), have you tested the pH of the new tank?

the ph in the new tank is 7.0 just checked it..

 

[hollanda88]

how long has the bogwood been in there?