I've been researching a solution to this problem and I keep coming up with answers I fully don't understand.
Situation:
My tank has been cycling about one month already and has 1 turbo, 2 nass snails and is completed with hitchhikers from my LR (starfish, two tube worms and micro brittle starfish). The tank has been at 7.7-8.0 pH range and I've been wanting to increase the pH to 8.1. The reason being is that my mexican turbo snail has just died and I'm concerned for the pH balance slowing down my snails.
I have a 55gal tank with 30lbs of crushed coral substrate and 45 lbs of LR
I've been wondering about using "Proper pH 8.2", "Kalkwasser" or even lemonjuice/vinegar to raise the pH. Or maybe I should add more crushed coral to increase the buffering capacity of the water? I'm really confused on how to go about this problem.
The dKH last night was 9
Situation:
My tank has been cycling about one month already and has 1 turbo, 2 nass snails and is completed with hitchhikers from my LR (starfish, two tube worms and micro brittle starfish). The tank has been at 7.7-8.0 pH range and I've been wanting to increase the pH to 8.1. The reason being is that my mexican turbo snail has just died and I'm concerned for the pH balance slowing down my snails.
I have a 55gal tank with 30lbs of crushed coral substrate and 45 lbs of LR
I've been wondering about using "Proper pH 8.2", "Kalkwasser" or even lemonjuice/vinegar to raise the pH. Or maybe I should add more crushed coral to increase the buffering capacity of the water? I'm really confused on how to go about this problem.
The dKH last night was 9