Need Of Some Help!

[t4ppo]

how long has the bogwood been in there?

saturday night it went in,

 

[hollanda88]

how long has the bogwood been in there?

saturday night it went in,

Have you done a water change to bring the pH back up to 7 yet?

If not then i would do that first.

I don't know why the pH in the new tank has not yet dropped. But i am guessing that the pH drop in the colanised tank dropped because of the bogwood and removing it has caused it to stay still. If you change the water you should bring the pH back up and stabalise it.

Have you left the old tank with less media by removing some, if so i would replace it with new media (only the little bit you removed tho, not all of it)

andrew

 

[waterdrop]

Yes, agree with hollanda, the bogwood is the likely culprit here. -wd-

 

[t4ppo]

how long has the bogwood been in there?

saturday night it went in,

Have you done a water change to bring the pH back up to 7 yet?

If not then i would do that first.

I don't know why the pH in the new tank has not yet dropped. But i am guessing that the pH drop in the colanised tank dropped because of the bogwood and removing it has caused it to stay still. If you change the water you should bring the pH back up and stabalise it.

Have you left the old tank with less media by removing some, if so i would replace it with new media (only the little bit you removed tho, not all of it)

andrew

Right i will do a water change now 25% ? and yes i replaced the small amount of media with fresh media i cut it shape, I dont want to mither but why did the bogwood cause a ph drop? Just so i know for future reference thanks

 

[waterdrop]

Good question. I don't know the full chem answer... I assume dried woods slowly leach acids once they are put back in water, with the acids lowering pH because they are supplying H+ (hydrogen protons/ions) to the water. The acids could come from substances trapped in the wood that were either external source substances or breakdown matter from the previously alive tree cells or there could be substances in the wood that involve themselves in reactions once they get in the tank. Probably there is some relatively obvious, dominant thing going on and it would be interesting to hear about if anyone happens to know...

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[hollanda88]

Good question. I don't know the full chem answer... I assume dried woods slowly leach acids once they are put back in water, with the acids lowering pH because they are supplying H+ (hydrogen protons/ions) to the water. The acids could come from substances trapped in the wood that were either external source substances or breakdown matter from the previously alive tree cells or there could be substances in the wood that involve themselves in reactions once they get in the tank. Probably there is some relatively obvious, dominant thing going on and it would be interesting to hear about if anyone happens to know...

~~waterdrop~~

I'm in the last year of a biology degree and have been accepted on a masters degree for next year but don't have a clue lol.

I know how pH works and a bit about plants insides and functioning but dunno why bogwood lowers pH?

I hope someone comes along and helps, i would love to know.

andrew

 

[waterdrop]

Yup, have one of those degrees myself. Often the degree seems mostly an invitation to being aware of even more questions as you stand in awe of the natural world in all its profound complexity.

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[hollanda88]

Yup, have one of those degrees myself. Often the degree seems mostly an invitation to being aware of even more questions as you stand in awe of the natural world in all its profound complexity.

~~waterdrop~~

Too right, just gives you the ability to ask harder questions