coldcazzie
Ice Queen
Right, a while ago I discovered I was having pH issues with my Juwel Rio 240 - pH was very low. The thread about it is here:
http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showto...p;#entry2518264
I did daily water changes to bring pH up. Part way through this I cleaned the filter and somehow sent the tank into a mini cycle, which also required daily water changes, and since that finished I've been doing weekly changes of about 30% ish, with gravel cleaning and also cleaning algae off etc - normal weekly tank maintainance.
Last week I didn't test, but today when I tested these were my results:
Ammonia: 0ppm. Nitrite: 0ppm. Nitrate: 10ppm. pH: 6.0.
Now I've only got 2 angels in there at the moment, and I know they are not adverse to soft acidic water (my KH and GH are both quite low), but I'm quite concerned as to why the pH has dropped right back down to 6, when my tap water tests at 7.4 and I am cleaning the tank/water changing on a weekly basis...I know pH can drop as a result of a build up of nitrates, but they are not exactly high. There's no bogwood in there, all decor is fake except for gravel and stones and these are all from lfs.
I feel like it's something really simple that I'm missing.
Is it perhaps because my KH and GH are low that's making the pH drop?
http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showto...p;#entry2518264
I did daily water changes to bring pH up. Part way through this I cleaned the filter and somehow sent the tank into a mini cycle, which also required daily water changes, and since that finished I've been doing weekly changes of about 30% ish, with gravel cleaning and also cleaning algae off etc - normal weekly tank maintainance.
Last week I didn't test, but today when I tested these were my results:
Ammonia: 0ppm. Nitrite: 0ppm. Nitrate: 10ppm. pH: 6.0.
Now I've only got 2 angels in there at the moment, and I know they are not adverse to soft acidic water (my KH and GH are both quite low), but I'm quite concerned as to why the pH has dropped right back down to 6, when my tap water tests at 7.4 and I am cleaning the tank/water changing on a weekly basis...I know pH can drop as a result of a build up of nitrates, but they are not exactly high. There's no bogwood in there, all decor is fake except for gravel and stones and these are all from lfs.
I feel like it's something really simple that I'm missing.
Is it perhaps because my KH and GH are low that's making the pH drop?