As some of you may know I have had some ph issues from my other threads,but here is a re-cap. I had a steady 6.6 level for 5 months, I also had 2 small pieces of bogwood in my tank, I purchased a fairly bigger piece and put it in after a few hours of hot soaking(big mistake). In a few days it turned my ph to a 5.9-6.0 level. I decided to put crushed coral,a tsp at a time, into a mesh bag, then into my filter. I also did 4 gal. water changes 2 times a day,sometimes even more until it reached 6.6 again(measurement on the coral added up to 3 tblsp.). I also took out all of the bogwood.
I took a ph reading this evening and found that my level is up to just about 7.2,I took out 1 tblsp. of coral to see if it will come down a little. My level from the tap is also 7.2,so what I was wondering,if it continues on a steady 7.2 after all the coral is out, would be safe to put the same small pieces of bogwood back into my tank to level it to 6.6 again? It has been washed in the dishwasher a few times(without detergent) and has been soaked. Will it be safe to assume that I will not have the same problem as before? The larger piece I will leave out. I have 4 danios, 2 peacock gudgeons,a male and 2 female gouramis,and 2 bolivian rams.
I took a ph reading this evening and found that my level is up to just about 7.2,I took out 1 tblsp. of coral to see if it will come down a little. My level from the tap is also 7.2,so what I was wondering,if it continues on a steady 7.2 after all the coral is out, would be safe to put the same small pieces of bogwood back into my tank to level it to 6.6 again? It has been washed in the dishwasher a few times(without detergent) and has been soaked. Will it be safe to assume that I will not have the same problem as before? The larger piece I will leave out. I have 4 danios, 2 peacock gudgeons,a male and 2 female gouramis,and 2 bolivian rams.
