Umbra Posted September 20, 2017 Report Share Posted September 20, 2017 heyo guys. I would RREEAAALLYY like to know how I can lower my water's ph down to 7 (and stabilize it there) and under because my tapwater is about 8 ph with a kh of 4 and a gh of also about 4. Note, I do not like active soil, I already have driftwood and Sphagnum peat moss is not affecting the PH by even a decimal. I also notice that my SS Gh/KH make my water tank water sometimes spike to 8 while it is normally around 7.7 (The tank has a kh of 5 but a gh of 7) Any suggestions? Please note, I will NOT suddenly just change my water parameters. I will do it over the course of a month or so. I don't want to put THAT much stress on my shrimpies and fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonRon Posted September 20, 2017 Report Share Posted September 20, 2017 You could get yourself a RO System and use SS GH+ without KH+ that would lower your PH problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umbra Posted September 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2017 1 hour ago, JonRon said: You could get yourself a RO System and use SS GH+ without KH+ that would lower your PH problem I actually already have an RO machine... and yeah, i guess that would be a good idea. Guess the next thing I will buy is just the ss gh then... but won't the difference be quite minimal though? I mean, I just tested my well water and it has a Kh of around 15 (cant remember exactly) and it's Ph is stable at around 7.6 which is lower than my tap water which is around ph 8 with just a kh of 3.9 ish... To be honest... this confuses me a tad too much, lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonRon Posted September 20, 2017 Report Share Posted September 20, 2017 I am on the same boat as you. one of my tanks has a ph of 6.5 with Kh of 4. I use CO2 in that one. the other two tanks I have have a KH~1 with a PH of 5.2 and 4.7 with no CO2 The confusing part for me is my tank with the PH of 4.7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umbra Posted September 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2017 15 hours ago, JonRon said: I am on the same boat as you. one of my tanks has a ph of 6.5 with Kh of 4. I use CO2 in that one. the other two tanks I have have a KH~1 with a PH of 5.2 and 4.7 with no CO2 The confusing part for me is my tank with the PH of 4.7 Lol, atleast you have acidic water It's very easy to make it alkaline... Just add sodium bicarbonate. (In a seperate container to test if it stays stable first) Water chemistry is.... fascinating but often frustrating and weird... oem 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessaweeshrimp Posted September 24, 2017 Report Share Posted September 24, 2017 The SS GH has a lower pH in RO water than the SS GH KH type. I have both and the Gh only has a much higher TDS value so I use at least a third less to get my desired values Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umbra Posted September 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2017 17 hours ago, jessaweeshrimp said: The SS GH has a lower pH in RO water than the SS GH KH type. I have both and the Gh only has a much higher TDS value so I use at least a third less to get my desired values I thought so... thanks for letting me know, that was the confirmation I needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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