something shrimpy Posted August 16, 2016 Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 How can I raise ph. I have about 8 shrimp tanks of different sizes. Some are at 7.6 and some as low as 6.0. None of which is my doing. Only real difference between the tanks that 7.6 and 6.0 is the the 7.6 tanks have canister filter and the 6.0 has sponge filter. Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
something shrimpy Posted August 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 I also have tanks that are 6.4, 6.8, and 7.2. Most have the same substrate except a couple have sand. All the same RO water and plants. I can't figure out why the ph is different. Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicpapa Posted August 16, 2016 Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 What is substrate? Substrate is clean? What about kh ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
something shrimpy Posted August 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 The substrate is flora max. Been using for years. Has been cleaned. In the that I want to raise the ph in which a 20 gallon long with a ph of 6.0 the kh is 1.Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanSan Posted August 23, 2016 Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 On 8/16/2016 at 4:57 PM, something shrimpy said: The substrate is flora max. Been using for years. Has been cleaned. In the that I want to raise the ph in which a 20 gallon long with a ph of 6.0 the kh is 1. Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk Do you use anything else besides RO water for water changes? Your KH is very low, which reduces buffering capacity allowing large pH swings. Is there anything else in the tank that could be softening your water? Anything different in filtration media? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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