[AquaticLife] PhProblems New tank
What are your pH numbers on your existing tank, new tank and tap water? DO NOT use those pH chemicals on your tanks. They cause far more problems than they fix.
Yes, there are some substrates that will raise the pH but I doubt that is your problem. What kind of substrate do you have? I think your water parameter variances are coming from the overstocked condition of one tank versus zero ecology going on in the other.
A natural part of a tank’s ecology will cause the pH to constantly get lower due to carbonic gases being released from decaying detritus and the fact that your fish and biological filtration utilizes many of the trace elements and calcium carbonate in the water that would normally make it harder and less susceptible to a lowering pH. This is why your existing tank has a lower pH than your newly set up tank.
To get your new tank to the same pH as your existing tank, when you do your PWC’s, take water from the old tank and put it in your new tank until both waters have similar water parameters.
Also, do a baseline test on your tap/source water so you will know better what is happening to your tap/source water as it comes out the tap and after it is exposed to air/light for 24-48 hours. See my blog article on establishing your tap/source water baseline.
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