Drastic PH Drop after adding Dritftwood
This morning I added two pieces of driftwood to my 20 Gallon tank that
already had another piece of driftwood in it. Before doing this my PH was about 7.4 - after adding the additional driftwood almost instantly my PH dropped to 6.2 and now seems to be hanging around 6.5 - is this normal for driftwood to make such a big difference like this? Not that i'm complaining, I just wasn't expecting much of a resutl :) |
Drastic PH Drop after adding Dritftwood
What, may I ask, type of wood is it...love to find some too!
jefferson On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 07:20:33 GMT, Squid wrote: This morning I added two pieces of driftwood to my 20 Gallon tank that already had another piece of driftwood in it. Before doing this my PH was about 7.4 - after adding the additional driftwood almost instantly my PH dropped to 6.2 and now seems to be hanging around 6.5 - is this normal for driftwood to make such a big difference like this? Not that i'm complaining, I just wasn't expecting much of a resutl :) |
Drastic PH Drop after adding Dritftwood
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All of them acidify water, but usually very slowly. Are they very big, may I ask? Thanks Kenneth "jefferson" ??? ???... What, may I ask, type of wood is it...love to find some too! jefferson On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 07:20:33 GMT, Squid wrote: This morning I added two pieces of driftwood to my 20 Gallon tank that already had another piece of driftwood in it. Before doing this my PH was about 7.4 - after adding the additional driftwood almost instantly my PH dropped to 6.2 and now seems to be hanging around 6.5 - is this normal for driftwood to make such a big difference like this? Not that i'm complaining, I just wasn't expecting much of a resutl :) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= *** Usenet.com - The #1 Usenet Newsgroup Service on The Planet! *** http://www.usenet.com Unlimited Download - 19 Seperate Servers - 90,000 groups - Uncensored -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
Drastic PH Drop after adding Dritftwood
On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 13:38:43 GMT, jefferson wrote:
What, may I ask, type of wood is it...love to find some too! jefferson Just 3 pieces I have had for about 5 years now. I beleive they were all purchased at a couple of LFS. They are pretty heavy and I remember when first purchased that they didn't need much if any soaking for sinking. 2 of the pieces are about 12 inches long and have very brittle wood the other piece is a more smooth type of wood that doesn't come apart much. |
Drastic PH Drop after adding Dritftwood
On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 00:11:41 +0800, "Kenneth Ho"
wrote: **** Post for FREE via your newsreader at post.usenet.com **** All of them acidify water, but usually very slowly. Are they very big, may I ask? All together inside the tank they stretch across both ends so I would say about 24" long and about 8" tall and 8" wide. I did soak the 2 last pieces (since they were in storage for so long) in deionized water with some water conditioner for about 2 weeks. Not sure if that had anything to do with it. |
Drastic PH Drop after adding Dritftwood
The tannins in driftwood will usually lower the pH in a tank. This is
normal. Do not panic. Squid wrote: This morning I added two pieces of driftwood to my 20 Gallon tank that already had another piece of driftwood in it. Before doing this my PH was about 7.4 - after adding the additional driftwood almost instantly my PH dropped to 6.2 and now seems to be hanging around 6.5 - is this normal for driftwood to make such a big difference like this? Not that i'm complaining, I just wasn't expecting much of a resutl :) |
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