PH level won't go up!!

[Blitzkrieger]

One thing that may have happened, was on your trip to get the water tested, CO2 mixed with the water while in the bag/Tupperware. ph has a tendency to drop while it is mixed with air...

 

[jpappy789]

pH swings are not a problem as long as it's only pH which changes; I've had planted tanks swing between 6.5 and 7.5 twice a day. pH is generally a red herring. GH and KH are many times more important. Fish are pretty much insensitive to pH.

:iagree: 100%

 

[bushwhacker]

Drop the PH up bottle and step away from the tank.... LOL your doin more harm than help...... if you really feel the need to raise your ph get a small bag of crushed coral and toss a handful in the tank

 

[DrNo]

pH swings are not a problem as long as it's only pH which changes; I've had planted tanks swing between 6.5 and 7.5 twice a day. pH is generally a red herring. GH and KH are many times more important. Fish are pretty much insensitive to pH.

Wow, we really need to make a sticky on this and/or auto post LOL

 

[DrNo]

Drop the PH up bottle and step away from the tank.... LOL your doin more harm than help...... if you really feel the need to raise your ph get a small bag of crushed coral and toss a handful in the tank

This too.... please copy this into a sticky and paste that right up

 

[jpappy789]

Wow, we really need to make a sticky on this and/or auto post LOL

Agreed! Unfortunately pH myths are one of the most common around the hobby.