damn fish keep dying!

[Fish]

Is there lots of surface agitation in your tank? Are you using a skimmer?

- Chad

[digitalsteve]

Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 8:33 pm Post subject:

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For a 10 Gallon i would just buy it at the grocery store. That's what I do with my 30 Gallon, only cost 2.99 to fill a 5 Gallon Jug. You could do a 100% water change for 6$. The water cooler jugs to buy are about 10$ usually.


but the ph of the water you get at the store is like 10 , what do u do to bring it down?

[digitalsteve]

no skimmer on the 10 , but i ado have 2 powerheads which disturb the surface a fair bit

[rickjames]

Originally Posted by digitalsteve

but the ph of the water you get at the store is like 10 , what do u do to bring it down?

Nothing, store water as with any pure water is PH of 7.0.

[digitalsteve]

the stuff i am getting here at save on and such has a ph of like 10 ? and i check that with my ph meter (which is calibrated correctly).

[rickjames]

Just tested my Safeway (Culligan's) water with a salifert test kit.... all I know is it is below 7.4 (the lowest point on my scale)!

10 on the pH scale is extremly basic, I don't even think it would be fit for drinking! Dissolved elements are what shift the pH of water (or the addition of disassociated OH- or H+ ions, I might not be entirely correct with my explanation though), so either a) the save on water isn't pure, or b) your digital meter is WAY out.

Strange stuff....

[digitalsteve]

well, 2 things are going to happen 2morrow , 1 i am going to go get some culligans water and 2. i am going to buy some calibration fluid and recalibrate the meter just to be on the safe side

[snaggle]

Originally Posted by rickjames

Just tested my Safeway (Culligan's) water with a salifert test kit.... all I know is it is below 7.4 (the lowest point on my scale)!

10 on the pH scale is extremly basic, I don't even think it would be fit for drinking! Dissolved elements are what shift the pH of water (or the addition of disassociated OH- or H+ ions, I might not be entirely correct with my explanation though), so either a) the save on water isn't pure, or b) your digital meter is WAY out.

Strange stuff....

RO water should have a Ph of 7.0 so if you use a mid range test you should get that. RO/DI should only be pure H2O. just watch the WATER BOY the purer the better .

Brad

[digitalsteve]

good to know , i will have to pick some up for sure and maybe another 5 lbs of cured lr to try and rejuvinate my tank. id i do a full water change with properly balanced r/o salt water ( nnothing is in my tank right now except lr ) and i add some new fully cured lr will i have a cycle to worry about ?
stupid question , but does anyone acclimate thier lr if it is in small amount or just let it do its thing in the tank.