misselle27
New Member
Hi All,
new to the site...
My tank has been set up for a year now with no issues until I moved to Delaware and began using their tap water. Before I was using well water from Maryland and believe it or not I had ZERO issues. I tested the nitrates straight out the tap and they are .10 ppm and sometimes a bit higher. I use a liquid test but confirm results with a strip test.
anywho, I just upgraded my 16gal tank to a 30gal yesterday. Before the upgrade I used AmQuel plus and I noticed my ph was down to 7.4. So I decided to test it straight out the tap and it was 8.2
Did a water change on the 16 gal and everything was normal. Now after the upgrade I decided to try AmQuel again since im using tap water and by the next morning my ph went from 8.4 to 7.4 again after using the product. :cry1: The label does say aerate properly as there will be a oxygen drop. I have in my 30 gal tank a marineland bio-wheel 200gph, a aqueon 150gph and a penguin 150pgh powerhead running.
parameters
ammo: 0ppm
nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrate: .10 ppm (normal for my tap water)
stocked with 3 damsels & 2 clownfish , 2 blue leg hermits & 2 thin striped hermits
my water is hard btw.
if someone else has experienced this, will my ph raise on its own or should I do a water change? Any other info on using AmQuel that maybe im missing. I used the proper dosage of 5ml per 10gal =15ml for my 30gal.
and I know ppl favor ro/di units but my wallet does not at this very moment. I will consider that in the next few months. My recent move was costly so no money to spend on expensive equipment right now.
any help is greatly appreciated.
new to the site...
My tank has been set up for a year now with no issues until I moved to Delaware and began using their tap water. Before I was using well water from Maryland and believe it or not I had ZERO issues. I tested the nitrates straight out the tap and they are .10 ppm and sometimes a bit higher. I use a liquid test but confirm results with a strip test.
anywho, I just upgraded my 16gal tank to a 30gal yesterday. Before the upgrade I used AmQuel plus and I noticed my ph was down to 7.4. So I decided to test it straight out the tap and it was 8.2
Did a water change on the 16 gal and everything was normal. Now after the upgrade I decided to try AmQuel again since im using tap water and by the next morning my ph went from 8.4 to 7.4 again after using the product. :cry1: The label does say aerate properly as there will be a oxygen drop. I have in my 30 gal tank a marineland bio-wheel 200gph, a aqueon 150gph and a penguin 150pgh powerhead running.
parameters
ammo: 0ppm
nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrate: .10 ppm (normal for my tap water)
stocked with 3 damsels & 2 clownfish , 2 blue leg hermits & 2 thin striped hermits
my water is hard btw.
if someone else has experienced this, will my ph raise on its own or should I do a water change? Any other info on using AmQuel that maybe im missing. I used the proper dosage of 5ml per 10gal =15ml for my 30gal.
and I know ppl favor ro/di units but my wallet does not at this very moment. I will consider that in the next few months. My recent move was costly so no money to spend on expensive equipment right now.
any help is greatly appreciated.