Whats your PH

[magicman76]

"cooking" the rock is suppose to force out the debis from the mulitplying "live" bacteria getting in the way of the debris.. it will kill off photosythic organisums such as algae and anems. but sponges, bactria and anything else that does not require light will still be on or in the rock its the debris that gets forced out..

 

[Anonymous]

I am not giving up. I just think that I started with all the wrong ideas and I want to make it right.
Every one get bored of the little critters and coralline alage. But thats realy all I want is my angle and leather. I have had them all this time and would like a small perfect little tank for them.


I would say 10% WC.
I can do more sunday.
But the PH is different the water I mix after 2 days with heater and pump is 8.3
My tank is 8.2 and only that hight a after having the light on for a long time.
Should I adjust the tank water or the newly mixed water?
and how would you do it?


Teddy

 

[dave_atl]

ph between 8.1 and 8.5 is fine IMO, no need to worry about it. Using buffers or other means to adjust your ph usually causes more harm then any benefit.

10% water changes are good to *maintain* the state of a tank, but not very effective when you are trying to "fix" something with your water quality. For a 20gal tank I would try to change at least 5gal (and wouldn't you know they make a bucket that size!)

think about larger water changes and blowing off the rocks/ stirring sand before the water change to help get rid of the detritus. A 30% water change is much beter then three 10% water changes, even if every other week.