Buffer pH up

[jledermann]

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!

[Jadenlea]

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.  

[Jadenlea]

another

[jledermann]

Hmmm sounds great.. now how do I get my hands on some..

[OMG Aquatics]

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.

[Jadenlea]

If you have a LFS that does saltwater they would have it.   

[Soothing Shrimp]

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.

[Soothing Shrimp]

Just did some research.  Dry rubble rock is pure calcium carbonate.  The same as crushed coral.

[jledermann]

lol

Crushed coral it is

 

MYTH BUSTED

[Jadenlea]

Ya  the LFS said it was basically the same but the crushed coral is little and the rock is... well.. a rock hehe

[Jadenlea]

Which Myth did we bust?

[chibikaie]

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.

[Soothing Shrimp]