captmicha
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I've found out that my pH is rising from a 6.5 pH to a 7.4 pH at night. I think it's killing some of my sensitive shrimp, like my berried Tangerine Tigers.
I can't test my KH in these tanks right now bc for some reason, the reagent in the bottle is orange (it's supposed to be blue, it's API and not expired yet).
But my water during the day is 6.5 pH, 3 KH and 8 GH. No ammonia or nitrites.
Established tanks. Every other parameter is stable, even the TDS at 170 ppm.
I have lots of plants in my shrimp tanks, inert substrate, air driven sponge filters, heaters at 68 degrees, and leaves and in some of them driftwood. No other hardscape.
But none of that seems to make any difference, they're all at 7.4 pH at night.
I thought pH typically falls at night? But mine is going way up.
I'm not sure what to do. I'm worried peat moss will cause very low dips during the day. I'm also not sure how much to use.
I'd really like to understand this pH rise and a way to keep it stable. I can't raise KH bc it's not great for the shrimp.
I can't test my KH in these tanks right now bc for some reason, the reagent in the bottle is orange (it's supposed to be blue, it's API and not expired yet).
But my water during the day is 6.5 pH, 3 KH and 8 GH. No ammonia or nitrites.
Established tanks. Every other parameter is stable, even the TDS at 170 ppm.
I have lots of plants in my shrimp tanks, inert substrate, air driven sponge filters, heaters at 68 degrees, and leaves and in some of them driftwood. No other hardscape.
But none of that seems to make any difference, they're all at 7.4 pH at night.
I thought pH typically falls at night? But mine is going way up.
I'm not sure what to do. I'm worried peat moss will cause very low dips during the day. I'm also not sure how much to use.
I'd really like to understand this pH rise and a way to keep it stable. I can't raise KH bc it's not great for the shrimp.