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| I HAVE A 125 GAL.THATS UP AND RUNNING OVER A YEAR. EVERY THING IS OK EXCEPT THE PH.I HAVE TRIED THE PH + AND BUFFERS BUT IT HAS NO LASTING EFFECT..I HAVE 4 SEVERUMS 4 PARROTS A BIG PELCO AND A FEW CORIES. I'DE LIKE TO GET THE PH AROUND 6.6. I HAVE HERD THAT ADDING CRUSHED CORAL WILL BRING THE PH UP. BUT HOW MUCH CORAL DO YOU ADD IS THERE A FORMULAR ? YOU CAN EMAIL ME DIRECT AT MAJITHE1ST@COMCAST .NET THANKS ONE AND ALL VJP
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No dont use salt....
Adding the right buffers can work but they must be added with every change of water. Crushed coral and so on also must also be replenished. So long as you are tampering with your ph you will have to intervene no matter what method you choose.
It would help if you posted your current ph. Also take a sample of your water source and let it sit for 24 hours and report the the ph from that as well.
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| I agree -- don't add salt. I have water that tends to crash to low pH -- I'm talking 4.5 or so -- if I don't do anything. Therefore, all of my tanks have chunks of "live rock" that I have washed and let sit in the sun for a while. In my wholesale room, all of my tanks have a small box filter filled with crushed coral/aragonite and bubbling away all the time. Try either one of those.
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I'd be careful with truly live rock though...there would be a lot of die off, though once cured in freshwater for a while it would be safe. But base rock, which has nothing living on it, would be fine. Live rock is super expensive anyway.
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Good point, Hailey. All you want is the carbonates, not anything on the rock.
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| one thing i found at the pet store that helps with out bacteria death or bloom is good old fashioned slate its cheap about 1.95 a pound and can be stacked really easy i use to use for my red belly piranha tank
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