How to lower PH?
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not that i know of. I was going to do some test on the background project. Wanted to see effects of this cementous waterproofer to see what effects it has. But my tap wter is so high to start with, not sure i can tell if it did raise anything.
I did a sample peice of foam ,coated it yesterday with waterproofer, and have it soaking now. I know it says safe for drinking water tanks, but i dont want to do a bunch of water changes
I did a sample peice of foam ,coated it yesterday with waterproofer, and have it soaking now. I know it says safe for drinking water tanks, but i dont want to do a bunch of water changes
You can get chemicals to lower or raise ph at most pet stores. Should work well enough to help with this test.
Its easy to make a high ph level but its not easy to make a lower ph level and make it stable in tap water- I wouldn't recomend to mess with the parameters to make it softer by adding "chemicals"
what decors do you have in there that might be causing the ph to go nuts. Adding more stuff into the water is more likely to add to the harder water stuff. softer water is less stuff in the water itself versus a hard water.
I personally wouldn't mess with mine unless I feel patient enough to turn on my RO unit and wait forever for the R/O water. I will be doing this some time soon anyways to trigger some spawns that I need to get started before the first snow hits and it gets too cold for my projects.
There are people who use almond leaves, peat, wood and so on to make the water more softer.
what decors do you have in there that might be causing the ph to go nuts. Adding more stuff into the water is more likely to add to the harder water stuff. softer water is less stuff in the water itself versus a hard water.
I personally wouldn't mess with mine unless I feel patient enough to turn on my RO unit and wait forever for the R/O water. I will be doing this some time soon anyways to trigger some spawns that I need to get started before the first snow hits and it gets too cold for my projects.
There are people who use almond leaves, peat, wood and so on to make the water more softer.
BraveheartCalif;3588838; said:
Unfortunately, I cannot agree with that. My tap water has a high pH but when put through the RO unit it stays at at least 7.6 but the hardness goes down.
Maybe my RO unit is rubbish?
1) what test are you using?
2) R/0 or an R/O mix is the only way to 100% control PH levels imo.
3) driftwood, peatmoss, almond leaves ect can drop PH a few ticks. .4 is the largest difference I've ever seen in my own tanks. high 8's these are likely to be useless.
4) what physically is in the tank? certain rocks/decor ect can do some serious buffering.
5) whats your KH reading?
6) If your still stumped, get on the phone w/ your water treatment facility. If on a well get your county on the phone and have a well test done relatively cheap. iir cost about 20$ for us to have it done.
7) Chemicals may work to check out if your deco will impact it.. But I wouldn't reccomend dumping them into a tank w/ fish. Chemicals will quickly dissipate if you will and jack the PH back up usually within' 24 hours. Faster if your water is hard. As stated, steady PH is alot safer then PH fluxes in a tank. Even if just used to check the deco the chems instability, I woudln't trust teh results. maybse use it as a guideline..
Personally, not sure how big this thing is.. But I'de just go to the store and spend a few bucks on some Disstiled water. prolly cost you less overall or about the same as Chemicals woudl to treat your own water. My local LFS sells R/o water as well and it's 50 cents a gallon if you bring your own bucket. not sure how much the grocery stores does, But most have Systems now for the same or similar application. So if it's just for the test this might be your best route.
2) R/0 or an R/O mix is the only way to 100% control PH levels imo.
3) driftwood, peatmoss, almond leaves ect can drop PH a few ticks. .4 is the largest difference I've ever seen in my own tanks. high 8's these are likely to be useless.
4) what physically is in the tank? certain rocks/decor ect can do some serious buffering.
5) whats your KH reading?
6) If your still stumped, get on the phone w/ your water treatment facility. If on a well get your county on the phone and have a well test done relatively cheap. iir cost about 20$ for us to have it done.
7) Chemicals may work to check out if your deco will impact it.. But I wouldn't reccomend dumping them into a tank w/ fish. Chemicals will quickly dissipate if you will and jack the PH back up usually within' 24 hours. Faster if your water is hard. As stated, steady PH is alot safer then PH fluxes in a tank. Even if just used to check the deco the chems instability, I woudln't trust teh results. maybse use it as a guideline..
Personally, not sure how big this thing is.. But I'de just go to the store and spend a few bucks on some Disstiled water. prolly cost you less overall or about the same as Chemicals woudl to treat your own water. My local LFS sells R/o water as well and it's 50 cents a gallon if you bring your own bucket. not sure how much the grocery stores does, But most have Systems now for the same or similar application. So if it's just for the test this might be your best route.