2 co2 questions

[chunkylover817]

hmmmm...well thats weird because i bougth a co2 kit that is only meant for up to 20gals!mine is a 55:duh:

 

[chunkylover817]

whoa!....my ph is now 6.6!is that too high?
how do i lower it?

 

[Mgamer20o0]

diy co2 isnt really meant to be used in bigger tanks.

why do you want to lower the ph? lowering it isnt going to add any more co2 into the water.

 

[boomerjr91]

you don't want to lower a 6.6 anyways

 

[rich311k]

I am curious as to why you shouldn't go below 6.6. I have a drop checker with premade solution that turns green at 35ppm. I have my CO2 set to keep it there. My tank has a KH of barely 1. My PH test is always yellow, I think it is less than 6.0. As a matter of fact I am sure of it. All the fish look nice and healthy. I just do not think the PH drop from CO2 matters in the least, fish just don't care. They would be killed by CO2 poisoning long before you could get the PH low enough to effect them by CO2 injection.

 

[chunkylover817]

ooopppsss! i made an error!! wut i meant before was is that too low???the ph.

 

[Mgamer20o0]

nope. doesnt effect the fish.

 

[chunkylover817]

ph doesnt affect the fish?!

 

[Joe32]

I have a nutrafin test kit and I am getting a reading of 80mg/L how does that equate to the above table?
Any help would be great.

 

[rich311k]

Divide by 17.2 that will give you the degrees. Each degree of hardness = 17.2 ppm.