Hi,
I followed your advice, but after adding the ammonia and reaching about 5ppm I checked my pH and it's at 8.4. This is my third time draining the tank and adding new water. The last two times, even without adding ammonia, my pH went to 8.4 overnight (my tap water is 7.0-7.2). So I bought new gravel thinking something in it might be causing my pH to rise so high, but it still went back up to 8.4. The only things in my 10gallon tank are a heater,filter,airstone,and the gravel. Do you have any idea what's causing my problem?? I can't continue with the cycle until I get my pH at safe levels and it's driving me crazy...:help:
Thanks,
Stacey
I followed your advice, but after adding the ammonia and reaching about 5ppm I checked my pH and it's at 8.4. This is my third time draining the tank and adding new water. The last two times, even without adding ammonia, my pH went to 8.4 overnight (my tap water is 7.0-7.2). So I bought new gravel thinking something in it might be causing my pH to rise so high, but it still went back up to 8.4. The only things in my 10gallon tank are a heater,filter,airstone,and the gravel. Do you have any idea what's causing my problem?? I can't continue with the cycle until I get my pH at safe levels and it's driving me crazy...:help:
Thanks,
Stacey