My ? is can you use swimming pool grade chemicals "aka sodium bisulfate" at 93.2% active ingredient to lower Ph in a large aquariam. It is much cheaper to buy a 3 lb canister of product then multiple one oz bottles .
PH Lowering
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My LFS has a powder that lowers ph, I find it much cheaper to buy that then the liquid ph down. It's cheaper and lasts a lot longer. I don't know about pool chemicals.
i think the best way is to use a piece of driftwood. I dislike the chemicals available out there.
Driftwood you say? I am interested, I have really hard water in these parts. We're talking it comes out of the tap around 8.5 my LFS says the only way to correct this is by using chemicals but I never thought about driftwood.
Would like to get it down to7.0 as it is running 7.5 .I have always had several pcs.of driftwood in the tank .
It will take a lot of tannins leached by driftwoods to make a significant difference in your pH if your hardness is very high. Test your KH and GH first before you try to lower your pH. Why do you want to lower the pH anyway? Most fish are fine with the pH as it is. It is harder to lower the pH than increase it.
Edit: Flyin lizard, 7.5 is fine. There is no need to alter it. Altering it is more trouble than it is worth.
Edit: Flyin lizard, 7.5 is fine. There is no need to alter it. Altering it is more trouble than it is worth.
A few ways to have lower Ph water.
1) An RO unit - water from an RO is very soft (low GH/KH)
2) Collect rainwater - cheap, mix with your tap water to get desired effect.
3) Filter your tap water through peatmoss, takes time and the water will most likely be stained with tanins.
1) An RO unit - water from an RO is very soft (low GH/KH)
2) Collect rainwater - cheap, mix with your tap water to get desired effect.
3) Filter your tap water through peatmoss, takes time and the water will most likely be stained with tanins.