How do YOU rasie your PH???
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I don't do it because my water is already so hard. But if i were to i have heard that if you put crushed coral in a filter bag and hang it in your filter it will raise the pH. There are also additives but i stay away from those.
To lower it (as i am doing now) i put driftwood in, it works like a charm and looks great.
Good luck
To lower it (as i am doing now) i put driftwood in, it works like a charm and looks great.
Good luck
Thats a good idea about putting it in the filter.. I might do that.. I use PH powder mix buffer.. Like API.. Use mix it in a cup and pour it in the water.. No rebound. So far so good.. IDK about liquid though..
If I need to raise the PH or KH I load some aragonite (spelling?) into the basket of my Magnum 350 and run it untill the test start to show what I want.
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/FWsubwebindex/fwh2oquality.htm
I add a salt mix containing marine salt, Epsom salt, and baking soda. It is cheap, easy to measure and mix, and keeps KH and pH steady. Information can be found in the article linked above.
I add a salt mix containing marine salt, Epsom salt, and baking soda. It is cheap, easy to measure and mix, and keeps KH and pH steady. Information can be found in the article linked above.
If you are adding powders/ mixes and other chemicals to your water to control the pH: you are asking for BIG troubles.
Using crushed coral or drift wood is infinitely safer. The pH will remian relatively stable and shift very slowly either up or down.
A stable pH that doesn't swing is by far the most important pH to keep your tank at, regardless of number. If you are adding chemicals to your water you are pushing your pH in one direction or another rather quickly.... so each water change, your pH swings back, you add more stuff its swings again. And God forbid you should accidentally run out of stuff, then you either can't change your water that week, or if you do, you have another pH swing... its all bad juju.
Put crushed coral in your tank some where to raise it (in a bag of panty hose in the filter, or mixed into your substrate) and put in more drift wood to lower it. Stable, safe, cheap, no forgetting to add it by mistake, no accidental over/under dose....
Its a no brainer, anyone adding chemicals with each water change is taking big chances, for no valid reason, with their fish.
Using crushed coral or drift wood is infinitely safer. The pH will remian relatively stable and shift very slowly either up or down.
A stable pH that doesn't swing is by far the most important pH to keep your tank at, regardless of number. If you are adding chemicals to your water you are pushing your pH in one direction or another rather quickly.... so each water change, your pH swings back, you add more stuff its swings again. And God forbid you should accidentally run out of stuff, then you either can't change your water that week, or if you do, you have another pH swing... its all bad juju.
Put crushed coral in your tank some where to raise it (in a bag of panty hose in the filter, or mixed into your substrate) and put in more drift wood to lower it. Stable, safe, cheap, no forgetting to add it by mistake, no accidental over/under dose....
Its a no brainer, anyone adding chemicals with each water change is taking big chances, for no valid reason, with their fish.