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Hello fellow shrimp keepers, I have started a shrimp tank with ADA amazonia soil, with thickness about 6.5 cm (about 2 inches) and it does not seem to be able to drop PH to proper levels. I was expecting PH of 6.5 - 7, maybe lower. My tap water is PH 7.6, GH 6, KH 4, TDS 150. The PH in the tank is still the same as my tap water. There is moss, lava stones and some driftwood in the tank, with 2 double sided sponge filters. Tank has dimensions width 50 cm x debt 28 cm x height 40 cm and I fill it to the 38 liters mark. The tank is still in fish-less cycle and I am about 1 week into the cycling. I tried PH down to save the amazonia buffering capability and I dropped the PH to 7, but a day after it was back to the 7.6 PH range. What the hell? The tank is for crystal bees but if the PH issue is not solved then I would have to go with rilis. Do you guys know what could be the issue? How long is it going to take until the PH drops to proper levels?
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Hi everyone, I'm trying to get my tanks (established a year or more ago with amazonia) My pH is hovering at 6 (with additives) I'm wanting to add mew Amazonia to the tanks in an attempt to get the tanks pH levels to the 5.5-5.7 range. I have many plants and use RO water and a remineralizer. Does Amazonia leach ammonia? If so, does Amazonia II leach less, and will it buffer lower than Amazonia I? Will Amazonia be all I need to buffer to 5.5-5.7? If not how can I get the rest of the way down? Can I use something Mosura pH down until I get a bunch of Amazonia cycled in an empty tank with a sacrificial fish in it, Then slowly switch out the substrate in my 3 other tanks with it? I, of course am hoping to get this done without too much destruction. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
