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	PH very high what could cause it??
farmernic Small Fry Posts: 1 Kudos: 1 Votes: 0 Registered: 16-Mar-2008	What could cause my PH to go up so much. Nitrate, nitrite, amonium are ok. But the PH is really high above 8.0 the tap water is around 7.0-7.4 What could be causing this. A bounch of fish have died from this. Thanks for all your help
Posted 16-Mar-2008 22:48
Shinigami Ichthyophile Catfish/Oddball Fan Posts: 9962 Kudos: 2915 Registered: 22-Feb-2001	Edited by Shinigami Hello, welcome to FishProfiles. Did you add anything recently? I'm thinking something that contains something such as calcium carbonate, which raises hardness and buffers the pH, is to blame here. There's not much else that would do it. -------------------------------------------- The aquarist is one who must learn the ways of the biologist, the chemist, and the veterinarian.
Posted 16-Mar-2008 23:13
brandeeno Mega Fish Posts: 929 Kudos: 636 Registered: 13-Sep-2007	what type of substrate ar you using and what type of decorations are in the tank? \\\\\\\"an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of the cure\\\\\\\"
Posted 16-Mar-2008 23:40
DaMossMan Fish Guru Piranha Bait Posts: 2511 Kudos: 2117 Votes: 359 Registered: 16-Nov-2003	You have wellwater or townwater coming from a limestone resevoir. The Amazon Nut...
Posted 28-Mar-2008 19:14
Joe Potato Fish Addict Kind of a Big Deal Posts: 869 Votes: 309 Registered: 09-Jan-2001	You have wellwater or townwater coming from a limestone resevoir. Usually coming off a limestone base, pH is going to be a lot higher than 7.4 right out of the tap. I draw about 8.0 off of my well. The best way to test that, though, is to take a cup of tap water and leave it alone for 24 hours. That should allow any dissolved gases (namely, CO2) to bubble out. Remeasure the pH at that point -- that's your true tap pH.
Posted 28-Mar-2008 22:17
keithgh Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 6371 Kudos: 6918 Votes: 1542 Registered: 26-Apr-2003	If your tap water is OK then it must be something in the tank. This could be rocks, gravel substrate, any decoration/s. Also do you have any plants live or artificial Tell us about all of these items please or any else in the tank. *Have a look in [link=My Profile] http://www.fishprofiles.com/forums/member.aspx?id=1935[/link] for my tank info* Look here for my Betta 11Gal Desktop & Placidity 5ft Community Tank Photos Keith Near enough is not good enough, therefore good enough is not near enough, and only your best will do. I VOTE DO YOU if not WHY NOT? VOTE NOW VOTE NOW
Posted 29-Mar-2008 01:01


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