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pH and dKH?
Hello,
In a general planted tank with community fish, what's the recommended values for pH and dKH?? I've been trying to keep my values around 7.2 for pH and roughly 4-5 for dKH... Is that within reason? Troy |
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Are you using CO2? Are you using anything else to adjust the pH? The
levels you have are fine for most fish. If you are not using pH adjusters then you are running about 8.5 ppm CO2, which may be low depending on how heavily planted the tank is and how much light you are using. |
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Actually, I AM using pressurized CO2... I have some drift wood that's keep
my pH LOW, so I use Alkaline Buffer from SeaChem to "up" the pH.. (It's plant-safe). Troy "jet" wrote in message ups.com... Are you using CO2? Are you using anything else to adjust the pH? The levels you have are fine for most fish. If you are not using pH adjusters then you are running about 8.5 ppm CO2, which may be low depending on how heavily planted the tank is and how much light you are using. |
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