what is your tap water pH

[Cal_stir]

Originally Posted by reefwars

why measure for something that fluctuates and changes with the seasons and days.


i have no idea what my ph is and i prob never will lol:P

I monitor my ph because it can give you a quick indication that something is going wrong, even though it fluctuates it still has its limits.

[Cubeman]

When I lived in Edmonton my tap water was hard and pH 7.8. Wasn't keeping salties at the time by my Malawi cichlids loved it.

Re the test kit readings. I did an experiment once with a "colour match" pH test kit where I performed the test twice and noted the same reading. I then took two newly calibrated pH probes and tested the same water. The readings from the probes were 0.5 points lower than what I saw in the test kit (i.e. 7.9 vs 8.4). This was several years back and I don't remember the brand of the test kit. However the lesson I took away from this was that test kits have their place in indicating "swings" in the parameter that your testing (pH, NO3 etc.) but the actual result should not be considered absolute.

I am therefore a +1 with everyone who stated that if it's consistant (even if you think it's high) don't mess with it.