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MrJG · 02-16-2007, 02:13 PM

So I tested the carbonate hardness in the water...

KH - 8 dgh

So with the buffering capacity being there it must have been the fact that it was such a large amount of driftwood going into the small amount of water that made the PH swing so significant. I'll be testing all water parameters this weekend just to make sure everything has stabalized.

I was looking at some CO2 information and found a few calculators. I decided for giggles to put calculate my tanks CO2 with the current PH and KH levels...
Came out to a little over 15ppm which is way higher than it should be. Upon further reading I found that its more than likely something like phosphates thats doing all the buffering. Guess its time for another test kit. :P

Either way, all appears well with the tank. The small bunch of wysteria at the front is taking off quite nicely. Made a plant order today and probably will not do another picture update until adding those in. Got 2 anubias barteri petite plants, 2 marimo balls, and a 6x6 inch patch of taiwan moss.

until next time...

02-16-2007, 02:13 PM	#13 (permalink)
MrJG Little Fish Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Lancaster, S.C. Posts: 104	So I tested the carbonate hardness in the water... KH - 8 dgh So with the buffering capacity being there it must have been the fact that it was such a large amount of driftwood going into the small amount of water that made the PH swing so significant. I'll be testing all water parameters this weekend just to make sure everything has stabalized. I was looking at some CO2 information and found a few calculators. I decided for giggles to put calculate my tanks CO2 with the current PH and KH levels... Came out to a little over 15ppm which is way higher than it should be. Upon further reading I found that its more than likely something like phosphates thats doing all the buffering. Guess its time for another test kit. :P Either way, all appears well with the tank. The small bunch of wysteria at the front is taking off quite nicely. Made a plant order today and probably will not do another picture update until adding those in. Got 2 anubias barteri petite plants, 2 marimo balls, and a 6x6 inch patch of taiwan moss. until next time...