I forgot if it's baking soda or baking powder that can raise your ph in your tank. Can some one tell me wich one or tell me something that will raise the ph besides things found at you local pet shop?
Home made ph up
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you really shouldnt deal with ph buffers. You should acclimate your fish to the ph that you provide. It might hurt them more dealing with the changing ph then just getting them used to what you have..
I agree with crushed coral...
But the problem with Baking soda is you never really know what your going to get even the smallest amount when mixed with your water can create a huge spike.. Not usually the case but as stated above it is for KH and does raise pH do to that.. SO use it slowly to see what effect it has..
BUt in doing this you really shouldn't do it as you haven't done very much research and reading..
There are articles everywhere.. SO get reading so you can keep it stable.
ALso why are you buffering your water? How long after a water change did you test it? Have you found if it is your water ,decor,fish waste load causing the lower pH?
Let us know..
But the problem with Baking soda is you never really know what your going to get even the smallest amount when mixed with your water can create a huge spike.. Not usually the case but as stated above it is for KH and does raise pH do to that.. SO use it slowly to see what effect it has..
BUt in doing this you really shouldn't do it as you haven't done very much research and reading..
There are articles everywhere.. SO get reading so you can keep it stable.
ALso why are you buffering your water? How long after a water change did you test it? Have you found if it is your water ,decor,fish waste load causing the lower pH?
Let us know..
it's like I'm back in Chemistry class, but I think baking soda won't increase your pH dramatically but it does buffer up the kH, which prevents refluxes of your pH.
I'm not sure though...
I'm not sure though...
I have a ph of around 6.7 and I want to bump it up to 7.0. I have a peice a bog log that droped the ph to that(I think that's what droped it). My tap water is around 7.4 and I do 20% water changes every four days but the ph doesn't go up at all. I heard that baking soda would slightly raise the ph but I forgot wether it was that or baking powder. What I really want to know is if there is a easy way I can get the ph at 7.0 with out removing my bog log.
he's absolutly right people
this is especially good if you have a hard time with keeping the pH up in african set-ups from lake malawi, tanganyikan and victoria.
aragonite and crushed coral will work
buuuuuuuut, if your water already has a low pH, and your tank water has a high pH you just might cause a huge pH swing and stress your fish if you do large water changes, which should be done anyways. if they are the tanganyikan cichlids which are alittle more delicate and live in pH water in the 9.0 range you just might kill them. so it would be a good idea to add baking soda to your soft water to get the pH up before addding it to your tank.
baking soda is harmless anyways.