SALT AND RTC'S????????

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The crushed corals tend to increase the KH gradually instead of instantly hence why they are much easier to use than most chemicals and tablet supplements that contain calcium carbonate which increases both the pH and KH.

High nitrate can make your water acidic as it "eats" up the buffering properties of your tank water. This may be why you saw your pH elevating a bit due to slight improvement of water conditions after the gravel serving as nitrate trap has been removed from your tank.
 
Lupin;3514162; said:
The crushed corals tend to increase the KH gradually instead of instantly hence why they are much easier to use than most chemicals and tablet supplements that contain calcium carbonate which increases both the pH and KH.

High nitrate can make your water acidic as it "eats" up the buffering properties of your tank water. This may be why you saw your pH elevating a bit due to slight improvement of water conditions after the gravel serving as nitrate trap has been removed from your tank.
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So do u think the coral gravel i have just put in will serve as i nitrate trap also?? or will it eliminate toxins as it leaches calcium?? or am i just way off the mark all together. Im learning as we go here so u have to bare with me, that site was very interesting though and opened my eyes slightly (think i need more coffee haha)
 
Ok now i dont know if i should be worried or not, ive just done a water test of all params and now the GH=12gdh..214.8ppm, KH=4dgh..71.6ppm. this is what has me thinking the most as the PH=7.6, Amonia=0, Nitrites=0.25, Nitrates=40ppm.

Lupin or any1 else tell me im flapping (worrying) for nothing!!!!!

Im thinking that once the coral gravel starts to raise the KH then the PH will drop slowly by the time the KH has reached 10dgh, right or wrong?

Also by the time the KH reaches 10dgh then the GH would have dropped to 10dgh, right or wrong?

Or should i do a 50% water change to drop the params then let it deal with itself lol help help help hahaha
 
Calcium carbonate elevates the pH, not drop. It may be your nitrate. What is your nitrate level on tap water?

As for crushed corals trapping wastes, as long as they are kept under circulation, they will not serve as a trap pretty much if the organic matter trapped, are removed and prevented from accumulating.
 
nitrate on the tap water is 10ppm, and the gravel gets vacumed by me and churned by the fish when they swim around. As its now coral gravel and not much in then the nitrates will most probably drop yeah? Dont mean to keep rambling on matey, im just learning all this. Maybe this is a lesson learned, before u go into fish keeping make sure u go over board with the knowledge side of things 1st haha.
 
Nah, no worries, Col. I don't mind helping at all. It happens and it always will.
 
Ok ty Lupin, updates everyday anyway, i had a small panic last night as tne params seemed out of sorts and then my pump stopped working lol fun and games. Now the params seem to be levelling out apart from the nitrates, aint gona do the kh + gh today. I dont know weither my fish were happy or stressing, the rtc's were in 1 corner huddled together but the rest were swimming all over, very active. Im gona try them with some squid in a min and ive gave them their 2nd treatment of sterazin, fingers crossed ey.
 
markx2005;3517331; said:
good luck m8 think u done the trick
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Was Lupin's advice that done the trick m8 along with ur gogle skills, google really hates me haha. We aint out the woods yet though, they still not eating much, 1 of them not at all so fingers crossed for him/her ey. I know it sounds a bit nasty but i still have another baby rtc and 2 rtcxtsn hybrids, just got an asian redtail cat too that im picking up on sat. I reckon the experience ive gained from this thread will most defo help speed the cycle in their pond up, when its finally built anyway ;)
 
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