using crushed coral to raise pH...

davexstumpe

davexstumpe

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.... works! no jokes.

My pH was at 6.2 and just because i am a perfectionist i would like to keep my tank at 6.6. as a nice happy medium.(please no one comment on me not needing to raise it, i already know that)

anyway, i decided to try and use a couple of tablespoons of crushed coral from my friends cichlid tank and put it in a nylon stocking in a media basket.

i hadn't tested my pH right away, but its been a little over a week and i finally had time, and my pH rose from the normal 6.2 to 7.4, with just 2 tablespoons of crushed coral. amazing.:eek3:


so anyway, yeah if anyone wants to raise their pH, use crushed coral for sure.
 
I use 40 pounds of the stuff...lol..........:)
 
Weeser said:
I use 40 pounds of the stuff...lol..........:)
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out of control. whats your pH?

im wondering how little of this stuff i have to use to raise my pH to 6.6. right now im trying about 1 teaspoon. we'll see how it goes.
 
I checked it yesterday, it was 7.8........:)
 
MiramichiMob said:
crushed coral,,hmmmmm. What exactly is it and where would a guy with only a walmart for fish stuff get some?/
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It's used a substrate alternative to gravel. Many people who keep cichlids go with crushed coral to keep their pH up.

I doubt walmart would have this, but you never know.
 
Add it to your filter
 
I just picked up a bag of it today to add to my tanks because my KH is so low, and wouldn't be a problem but it is so low that on 4 days without a water change my PH crashed. So when you figure out how much it takes in your filter to just up it a little bit, let me know!

Or is there a set number that the coral will raise it to- does that make sense?
My ph is naturally 7.4 which I don't really want to mess with- I just want my KH up.
 
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