water softness

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rong666

Discussion Starter · Mar 14, 2003

hi,
i live in portland......the other day i got a wild hair up the ol' arse and dedcided to check the kh and gh in my 55 gal......well i had know idea how frickn soft the water was up here....the kh didnt even register.......so then i decided to check my ph...well it ended up being like 5.5.....this bugged me because my tap runs at 7.0....so then i did some reading up on how undisolved organic matter in your tank will leach acids and in turn raise the acidity of your water(lower the ph).......oh yea, i have a ugf....until i rip it out..........so for the last 4 days ive been slowly raising the kh by adding calcium bicarbonate at a rate of 1/8 of a tablespoon per gallon in hopes to stablize my ph @6.8 or 7.......to make a long story short....my p's were doing fine before i started dickn' with everything....am i just wasting my time....
Ron

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SnowCichlid.

· #3 · Mar 14, 2003

rong666 said:
so then i did some reading up on how undisolved organic matter in your tank will leach acids and in turn raise the acidity of your water(lower the ph

you can avoid this problem with more frequent WC's :biggrin:

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SnowCichlid.

· #6 · Mar 14, 2003

A good Cheap buffer for keeping the pH value Higher is to use crushed Oyster shells.
Wroks Great I use it many of my tanks

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