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- From: gwynne@stein.u.washington.edu (Kristan Geissel)
- Newsgroups: rec.aquaria
- Subject: High pH - Why, why, eternally why?
- Date: 21 Jan 1993 23:09:39 GMT
- Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
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- Details: 2 Tanks
- 10 gals each
- Both being filtered with floss and activated charcoal
- Both with gravel
- Both heated to about 76 degrees
- One with plastic plants
- One without any plants
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- Water is drawn from tap
- Chlorinated via setting out and/or dechlorinator drops
- No clue as to nitrite or ammonia level
- Soft H20
- Water changes when I feel guilty (since I feel guilty most
- of the time, the tank with fish gets a third of
- its water changed about every 3 weeks with
- serious attempts to clean up crud from bottom.
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- One tank with a male betta
- One tank with NO fish
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- pH from tap = 7.0 (pale green on the chart)
- pH from BOTH tanks = 8.5 (dark royal blue on the chart)
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- Question: Why is pH so high? My betta is very tolerant
- but I want to get this straightened out before I
- add fish to its tank and get fish for the other tank.
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- I thought it was unclean water in the betta's tank
- but there are no fish in the other tank to pollute
- it because the Ph is just as high.
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- Any net.wisdom out there? I have the FAQ on water quality but
- nothing seemed to cover this.
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- Thanks in advance.
-
- Kristan
- gwynne@u.washington.edu
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