ph drop

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by Rikko

Er, and that tank I've seen firsthand with a 5s pH? That was my first freshwater tank, before I'd heard of pH.

with fresh water it is a different animal, especial since we have such soft water out here to start with. as the poop and everything breaks down it causes acids that bind and neutralize what little bufferers we do have in the water and drop the PH. take the starting point of my water, 17ppm and a PH of 6.4 and it will stabilize at a PH of 5.8. we do not add anything specifically in a fresh water tank to stop this like we do in a salt water tank. no water changes that really replenish the buffer, no Ca reactors to fix it.. ect..

Steve