[AquaticLife] Elephant nose follow up
QUIT trying to alter the pH… especially with a sick fish. Changing the pH around too much, too fast will harm a fish also. There was nothing wrong with your pH at 7.6… if that was accurate.
Higher pH does not mean “harder”… just less acidic. pH is a test to show how acidic or alkaline water is… lower pH (below 7.0) is acidic.. higher pH (above 7.0) is alkaline or base. Hardness is determine by KH and GH levels so you would need those two test kits to learn your hardness levels.
See my blog article on Establishing Your Tap Water Baseline. Your tap/source water could be high in CO2 when it comes out of the tap which is why it is testing with a low pH but as that excess CO2 outgases, the pH will rise accordingly to it’s natural/buffered level. I suspect this is what is happening in your case but I would need to see your baseline test results to know for certain.
I asked in my earlier email but I’ll repeat the question. Do you understand how CO2 injection will affect the pH level in your tank?
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