[AquaticLife] Eheim 2227 and PH
Just out of curiosity, how are you measuring ph? I use the API test kits, and I can’t discern teh results with that degree of specificity. What is more, my ph reagent usually suggests a lower ph than my high ph reagent. I do know if the colors change, adn I know that variously yellower and greener mean lower, but I couldn’t tell you if the ph is 7.4 or 7.8, and simply browner can mean lower or higher, sincer redder is higher and yellower is lower.
Have you gotten this result more than once? I’ve learned that if I get an odd ph value the first thing is to rinse the tube in the water from teh aquarium, shake the bottle better, and test again. It’s amazing how many people on these lists refuse to try that.
I’m not your expert on why ph drops in a tank, but I do know that if nitrites adn nitrates were created and processed your ph drops. This sounds like a stupid question to ask someone with an eheim wet dry filter, but have you checked your nitrites and nitrates?
One other thing that occurs to me (the beginner), is to check for a ph change in your tap water, which actually happened to mine recently - but then you’re telling us that you have several tanks and the ph has not changed in the others. But is there any obvious possible reason for that difference, such as that the other tanks are larger or had smaller water changes?
The time I had a pocket of noxious gas, some of which could change your ph, I found it by trying to rid my gravel of excessive debris. It was where you’d expect such a thing - in some particularly deep gravel under some plastic plants, in one of the places where my fish most like to hide (and poop).
Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX tiggernut24@yahoo.com
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