king_neptune
Active Member
Ive been noticing my dads nano slipping in thelast week. Hes faithful on WC. He does 5g a week.
But things are turning sour. I finally stepped in and checked the water...sure enough i spotted a problem instnatly. Water hardness is at the top end of the scale....not sure thats the culprit since we both are using the exact same water source and RO-DI system, and my tank is flourishing. And hes WAY more faithful on WC than me.
However the PH is incredibly low: 6.5
Heres his setup:
2 small clown fish. 1 med lawn more blenny. 4 hermits. 2 small snails. Couple assorted frags, and a hammer torch. Algae is really at a minimum considering how young his tank is(3months) and the Lawnmore blenny is a healthy happy eater.
Basicly its a light bio load.
For filtration he has an HOB filter that has a basic carbon pad.
30lbs of LR(most of it was well established and covered in purple).
10lbs LS.
Macro algae(and its beginning to bleach now).
Also he uses Chemi-pure/purigen/filterfloss in the back chamber of the nano tank, so as far as im concerned hes actually doing more than enough considering how minimal his bio-load is.
So im open for ideas. His PH needs to stabalize. Im pretty adamant that that is why his tank is deteriorating.
I use the same water and Im always at 8-8.2
Im thinking a kalk drip, or kalk reactor, or even maybe dosing with pickling lime...but I want to treat the problem, not the symptoms. Help me think here folks, Im missing something.
But things are turning sour. I finally stepped in and checked the water...sure enough i spotted a problem instnatly. Water hardness is at the top end of the scale....not sure thats the culprit since we both are using the exact same water source and RO-DI system, and my tank is flourishing. And hes WAY more faithful on WC than me.
However the PH is incredibly low: 6.5
Heres his setup:
2 small clown fish. 1 med lawn more blenny. 4 hermits. 2 small snails. Couple assorted frags, and a hammer torch. Algae is really at a minimum considering how young his tank is(3months) and the Lawnmore blenny is a healthy happy eater.
Basicly its a light bio load.
For filtration he has an HOB filter that has a basic carbon pad.
30lbs of LR(most of it was well established and covered in purple).
10lbs LS.
Macro algae(and its beginning to bleach now).
Also he uses Chemi-pure/purigen/filterfloss in the back chamber of the nano tank, so as far as im concerned hes actually doing more than enough considering how minimal his bio-load is.
So im open for ideas. His PH needs to stabalize. Im pretty adamant that that is why his tank is deteriorating.
I use the same water and Im always at 8-8.2
Im thinking a kalk drip, or kalk reactor, or even maybe dosing with pickling lime...but I want to treat the problem, not the symptoms. Help me think here folks, Im missing something.