[AquaticLife] Water base line after 36 hours retested / Lenny
Ooops.. didn’t look at your specific numbers.. only that you asked if the Prime would make the pH go up. The tap water likely went up for the reason I previously stated about the CO2 outgasing.
As far as your tank’s pH going down… that is normal. ALL tank’s pH will go down as the ecology utilizes the minerals and trace elements in the water (unless there are additives like crushed coral, leaching rocks, etc. that would replace these or increase these). The normal ecology of a closed ecosystem will result in the pH going down as the living things (fish, plants, bacteria, etc.) utilize the minerals (carbonates, salts, etc.). Doing regular PWC’s to remove the dirtier water and replace it with clean fresh water also replaces the minerals and nutrients that comes with the fresh water so the pH stays within a certain range. If the pH is dropping too much between PWC’s, it means the water does not have sufficient buffers to sustain the pH or the bioload of the tank is too high and is using up the minerals so that means more frequent PWC’s would be needed or thinning the stocking on the tank.
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