If your stand can't hold 55 gallons of water + some tufa rock, driftwood, etc. You got a bigger problem than just ph buddy.
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The tufa rock looks like this
Issues with low Ph
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If your stand can't hold 55 gallons of water + some tufa rock, driftwood, etc. You got a bigger problem than just ph buddy.
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The tufa rock looks like this
PF, maybe you should calm down a little, Most stands are somewhat over engineered, such as mine, I know on my stand I could hold the weight of a 55. I'm more worried about the glass bottom though.
Thats why digital was saying if you don't think the stand can handle a 55+ a few rocks and driftwood, you have more serious problems, and I tend to agree.
are these tests liquid or strip
And if its liquid, are you positive that your shaking the second bottle on the nitrate test well enough?
Thats why digital was saying if you don't think the stand can handle a 55+ a few rocks and driftwood, you have more serious problems, and I tend to agree.
are these tests liquid or strip
And if its liquid, are you positive that your shaking the second bottle on the nitrate test well enough?
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and calm down a little? are you for real? lol
what i said was just as bad as him calling me buddy.. (im a woman)
either way has nothing to do with my tank. and its no big deal.. you might picture something in your head, but its hard to read people over a computer.. its just how i talk... i dont want to dig into that deeper lol
but yeah, i had the LFS test everything x 2, she never gave me any numbers but she said everything was good. was stumpped like i am on the ph.. do you think new carbon would help anything?
mine is pretty used up, ive rinsed and re used a few times.
i just did another ph test and it went up just a little, its about 6.4 now, when i started it was off the chart yellow...maybe more spring water would help. :headshake2:
and calm down a little? are you for real? lol
what i said was just as bad as him calling me buddy.. (im a woman)
either way has nothing to do with my tank. and its no big deal.. you might picture something in your head, but its hard to read people over a computer.. its just how i talk... i dont want to dig into that deeper lol
but yeah, i had the LFS test everything x 2, she never gave me any numbers but she said everything was good. was stumpped like i am on the ph.. do you think new carbon would help anything?
mine is pretty used up, ive rinsed and re used a few times.
i just did another ph test and it went up just a little, its about 6.4 now, when i started it was off the chart yellow...maybe more spring water would help. :headshake2:
I call plenty of females buddy, it's a synonym for friend -- sexless term, at least to me.
The Ph issue:
Be glad the PH is coming up, and more glad that it's doing so slowly. the last thing you want is a rapid PH swing to happen overnight. The corals will slowly break down/disolve and start contributing to more basic water conditions, just wait it out, and don't worry too much.
As your LFS told you, woods (as well as peat moss) release tanic acid into the water, however, the highest acid-leech rate is earlier in the wood's life (death really) underwater.
The Ph issue:
Be glad the PH is coming up, and more glad that it's doing so slowly. the last thing you want is a rapid PH swing to happen overnight. The corals will slowly break down/disolve and start contributing to more basic water conditions, just wait it out, and don't worry too much.
As your LFS told you, woods (as well as peat moss) release tanic acid into the water, however, the highest acid-leech rate is earlier in the wood's life (death really) underwater.
So Mardel Live Test is basically this http://www.petco.com/product/102449/Mardel-Live-pH-Test-Meter.aspx?
Well, I'm going out on a limb and say that until proven otherwise, based on this description, this is a paper test strip, albeit with a 'protective membrane' of some kind, and therefore pointless, and until you use a proper test kit you don't actually know what your Ph is.
Get a proper liquid drop test kit, API make a good one, which covers ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and Ph. On a somewhat tangential issue to your initial question, the stories of people who rely on their LFS to test their water, are told it is good, and end up with problems including dead fish because their water is in fact poor, are legion.
Thanks
ive just been worried about the fish... i guess i will wait and see what happens. at the momment the fish seem ok.
this probably doesnt matter but, i noticed some of my white gravel is tunring clear.. not much, just a few here and there, over time will that bother any of the levels?
and sorry if i pissed anyone off, im not here to make problems, just in need of tank help
, im not a chatty forum kinda person.. this is the most posts ive made anywhere lol yeah sad i guess, in this day and age.
ive just been worried about the fish... i guess i will wait and see what happens. at the momment the fish seem ok.
this probably doesnt matter but, i noticed some of my white gravel is tunring clear.. not much, just a few here and there, over time will that bother any of the levels?
and sorry if i pissed anyone off, im not here to make problems, just in need of tank help
, im not a chatty forum kinda person.. this is the most posts ive made anywhere lol yeah sad i guess, in this day and age.
meh don't worry it'll grow on you (welcome to AC by the way).
I can't stress how much you really really need the levels. All I see about your substrate is that you added crushed coral; this will not go clear. Are you saying you have some kind of coloured gravel which is losing its colour ? I would be really worried about whether it is aquarium safe if so...
...anyway...you really need the decent test kit. I'll go out on a limb and say that if you test Ph from tap and tank with a decent liquid drop test kit you're going to find it is higher than you presently think.
I can't stress how much you really really need the levels. All I see about your substrate is that you added crushed coral; this will not go clear. Are you saying you have some kind of coloured gravel which is losing its colour ? I would be really worried about whether it is aquarium safe if so...
...anyway...you really need the decent test kit. I'll go out on a limb and say that if you test Ph from tap and tank with a decent liquid drop test kit you're going to find it is higher than you presently think.
