jledermann Posted November 7, 2015 Report Share Posted November 7, 2015 Hey I have a Blood Marry and Orange Eye Blue Tiger tank and my BMs are breeding like crazy but my OEBT not so much. pH is around 6.5, I'm thinking that may be a little low for my OEBT. If I monitor the pH and drop a few pieces of crushed coral into the tank every few days over I'd say a 2 week span do you think that would be a safe and effective way to buffer my pH up to about 7.2-7.4? Substrate is seachem flourite black. Thanks for the help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jadenlea Posted November 8, 2015 Report Share Posted November 8, 2015 I was having low ph issues with my RO water in my carbon tank.. A guy who builds tanks and runs his own LFS gave me some white rock to put in. He said it is like crushed coral. He called it Rubble Rock? He said it should slowly bring the ph up to the 7s but should not go above 7.5. It has done the trick. I put 2 small pieces in and it took about a week for the PH to come up and settle at 7.3 it was super cheap too. he put a couple lbs of it in a bag and charged me 1.50 Looks like this sorry the pictures arnt great.. I am having a terrible time getting the camera to take pics in the white sand tank. Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jledermann Posted November 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2015 Hmmm sounds great.. now how do I get my hands on some.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMG Aquatics Posted November 8, 2015 Report Share Posted November 8, 2015 Hmmm sounds great.. now how do I get my hands on some.. Check your LFS or try http://www.seachem.com/Products/product_pages/AlkalineRegulator.html Would not recommend Neutral Regulator since phosphate based and causes algae issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jadenlea Posted November 8, 2015 Report Share Posted November 8, 2015 If you have a LFS that does saltwater they would have it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted November 9, 2015 Report Share Posted November 9, 2015 Jaden told me about these, and I was skeptical. If the ph holds steady, I'll have to rethink and possibly use some of these myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted November 9, 2015 Report Share Posted November 9, 2015 Just did some research. Dry rubble rock is pure calcium carbonate. The same as crushed coral. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jledermann Posted November 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 lol Crushed coral it is MYTH BUSTED Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jadenlea Posted November 13, 2015 Report Share Posted November 13, 2015 Ya the LFS said it was basically the same but the crushed coral is little and the rock is... well.. a rock hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jadenlea Posted November 13, 2015 Report Share Posted November 13, 2015 Which Myth did we bust? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chibikaie Posted November 13, 2015 Report Share Posted November 13, 2015 I think it's more a matter of whether you want a big white rock in your tank. The greater surface area of the bits of crushed coral also means that you should need less to achieve the same effect. Now, me, I dump crushed coral over the substrate, and when that doesn't cut it, I get out the potassium bicarbonate and calcium hydroxide and pretend I'm a mad scientist. shrimpaholich 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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