Shell Corosion :[

[PermanentXHate]

I've had my ten gallon tank up and running for about 2 months now and it wouldn't cycle for the longest. Now it is almost through with it's cycle and the pH has dropped drastically from a 7.6 to a 6!!!

It's causing my mystery snails shell to corode and no matter what I do to fix the pH problem it ALWAYS drops to 6 again.

 

[WILDER]

What is your tap ph.
Need size of tank in gallons or litres.
How many fish and which type.
Need to look at your ammonia, nitrite, nitrate reading.

 

[PermanentXHate]

Sure no problem. Tested it like two days ago. Let me get my readings.

Ten Gallons

1 Small Pleco
1 Ivory Mystery Snail
6 Australian Rainbows

Tap Water Reading - pH:7.6

Fish Tank Readings as of March 10, 2008:

pH: 6.0
Ammonia: 0ppm
Nitrite: 2ppm
Nitrate: 10ppm

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Looks like it's on it's way out of cycleing.
It only took a few days for it to do it.

I had fizz correcters for pH and I added one but it almost immediately goes back from 7.4 - 6.0

 

[WILDER]

Don't use ph adjusters there more trouble than there worth.
The high nitrite reading can alter ph so just leave it alone.

 

[PermanentXHate]

ok then, thanks!

 

[johnnyjo]

my ph is about 6.2 although the rest of my readings are spot on and a mate at the local pet supliers says he s been having simalr probs

 

[PermanentXHate]

my ph is about 6.2 although the rest of my readings are spot on and a mate at the local pet supliers says he s been having simalr probs

its so weird cause i've never had this problem. my ph has always been a little higer 7.6 always then dropped... poor snails.