[AquaticLife] pH change units?
What kind of fish are you keeping? Most fish do not need 7.0 - 7.2 pH water and can tolerate and thrive in a much broader pH range… as long as it’s relatively stabile. All of the chemicals you are adding to your tank is possibly doing more harm than the “natural” pH.
What is your tap water baseline? Fill a gallon bucket. Test it with all of your available tests. Add your dechlor product. If you have a spare air stone, run it in the bucket. Test it again at 24 hours and 48 hours.
Post your numbers so we can see what is happening. In most cases, the pH will go down since the buffers added by the utility will dissipate once exposed to air and light (that’s why most medicines/chemicals are in opaque and/or brown bottles).
This baseline test will give you a better idea of what will happen to your tap water in your tank… without the effect of the ecology of the tank.. which will further lower the pH… unless you have something in the tank that is leaching hardness into the water.
One last note… you might be better off running peat moss in your filter system as a way of “naturally” lowering your pH instead of using all them chemicals. Adding a piece of driftwood would also help lower the pH naturally and more slowly than the chemicals… which is better for the fish.
Lenny Vasbinder Fish Blog - http://GoldLenny.blogspot.com (Links to articles referenced above listed on the right side under Archives - Year, Month and under Labels)
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