PH waaaaaay too LOW!!!!!

[D-Bak]

Hey guys....

I just tested my Ph in both of my tanks... and one of them is at 7.0.... so no worries there...

the other is at the highest 6.0 however!!!!!!!


I am using the AP test kit... and i did it twice just to make sure i didnt mess anything up.....

How do i get this back up to normal numbers? Do I Have to use the chemicles???

anyhelp is greatly appeicted....


Zak

 

[LunchBox]

you could put some crushed coral in a nylon and stick it in your filter. that should help push it up a little.

 

[daveedka]

Old Tank syndrome

The big question is what is your KH, What is your Maintenance routine, and what else is in the tank that mioght cause a pH drop. OTS (see article above) is fairly common, and Columbus water is pretty soft to begin with so it wouldn't take much to create that situation.
Dave

 

[D-Bak]

Old Tank syndrome

The big question is what is your KH, What is your Maintenance routine, and what else is in the tank that mioght cause a pH drop. OTS (see article above) is fairly common, and Columbus water is pretty soft to begin with so it wouldn't take much to create that situation.
Dave

The tank is only about 2 months old.....

My reutine is 25% water change every week......

The only thing that i have added to the tank since the last water change is one male betta, and recently, ten teaspoons of salt (it is a 10 gallon tank) to help cure a slight fungal infection another fish in the tank.

There is one swordtail, one platy, and a betta in the tank....

the ammonia, nitrite and nitrate are fine, and the hardness is at about 120 on my other test kit.

The two things that are low are the "buffering capacity/alkalinity" and the PH. They are both off the charts on the low side....

any help?

 

[D-Bak]

how about one o fthose tablets that you put in your tank and slowly dissolves until your ph is at 7????

is that a good thing to use in a senario like this?