discusnovice
03-11-2003, 05:18 PM
Some 3 months ago I established a new 29 gallon tank and added a few "ditcher" fish, 4 albino cats and two pleco's to get the tank seasoned.
I checked with a discus breader to see what his water quality was and he advised that his Ph was 6.5 before I ordered his discus. I got the Ph there with the addition of Ph down and kept it there for a few weeks.
Three plus weeks ago I ordered my young 2 1/2" discus and they were in a Ph of 6.5. I have had no proplem in keeping my water in that range with daily water changes and the addition of a small amount of Ph down to the holding tank. My water has stayed at the 6.4 - 6.5 range for three weeks now.
Yesterday it was reading 8.0+ and this morning it was reading PURPLE on the high scale which is 8.4 or something like that. Any thought as to why my Ph would shoot up. I have been using a Tetra product to remove the chlorides and I do age for 24 hours with two air stones running with heat in the water. I have been maintaining the water temp at 90^ but these past 3 days or so I have been bringing it down to 84-85 slowly.
My ammonia is reading 0. HELP and if you need any more infor, please let me know. As my name applies I am a real novice. THANKS!!
I checked with a discus breader to see what his water quality was and he advised that his Ph was 6.5 before I ordered his discus. I got the Ph there with the addition of Ph down and kept it there for a few weeks.
Three plus weeks ago I ordered my young 2 1/2" discus and they were in a Ph of 6.5. I have had no proplem in keeping my water in that range with daily water changes and the addition of a small amount of Ph down to the holding tank. My water has stayed at the 6.4 - 6.5 range for three weeks now.
Yesterday it was reading 8.0+ and this morning it was reading PURPLE on the high scale which is 8.4 or something like that. Any thought as to why my Ph would shoot up. I have been using a Tetra product to remove the chlorides and I do age for 24 hours with two air stones running with heat in the water. I have been maintaining the water temp at 90^ but these past 3 days or so I have been bringing it down to 84-85 slowly.
My ammonia is reading 0. HELP and if you need any more infor, please let me know. As my name applies I am a real novice. THANKS!!