ferts /PH decline

[duke33]

Tired of searching. A friend added plant ferts to his tank, don't know the brand yet. He said his PH dropped real bad. Any thoughts?

 

[Fish Etc]

whats the spec of his tank???

 

[duke33]

It's a 55. I'm gonna go up there today and find out more about it. I have been thinking about using ferts but I don't want my tank to crash.

 

[mgamer20o0]

how big of change? any idea what ferts was added?

 

[duke33]

The stuff he put in was kents freshwater. I'm assuming all his parameters are, were stable. He uses those test strips, said the water went way below what the strip would read. May have been a bad strip???? Just the Idea of putting fertilizer in a tank scares me. I don't even put much in my garden. But my new plants are looking kinda rough. course I need more light too. I'm learning. I've only got 1.2 wpg,but working on that. anyway, I thinks ferts may help, if they don't hurt my fish. They say it's a pain keeping both in a tank.

 

[WyldFya]

I'd be willing to bet that he had a very low buffer capacity, or a lot of co2. Check out the stickies, and you will learn a lot about planted tanks.

 

[duke33]

I'd be willing to bet that he had a very low buffer capacity, or a lot of co2. Check out the stickies, and you will learn a lot about planted tanks.

Been reading everything I can get my fingers on. LOL