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Re: plumeting pH and bicarbonate of soda

Posted By: craig <craig@thezone.net>
Date: Monday, 1 May 2000, at 12:10 a.m.

In Response To: plumeting pH and bicarbonate of soda (craig)

Dear Forum

Thanks for all the advice. For those of you who asked:

I do not have any plants or driftwood. My substrate is Hagen gravel. There is no nitrate in my tap water (Nitrate + Nitrite = .0025 ppm) The natural pH in our lake is in the range 5.99 - 6.26 and leaving the treatment plant 6.6 - 6.9.

It seems we must have overfed our fish but even 2-3 weeks on diet has not helped with the pH. I had been cautioned against weekly water changes, substrate vacums and filter cleaning so we cut it back to biweekly.

I have changed 20% of the water on 2 occasions this week and the pH is still around 6.0 - 6.2. I figure my nitrate is around 150 (Hagen test kit with dilutions) and falling. I will continue to do two water changes per week AND use the Nitra-Zorb until nitrate gets down to 20. Hopefully the pH will stabilize at somewhere above 6.5. I was hoping for 6.8 but this may not be possible. Plants are a consideration. Can anyone recommend something for a small tank with clowns?

Dr. Momfish: wrong coast - far east of the western world - NF. Tanks for the acid rain.

craig


 

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