ph problem

ugorg

ugorg

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hi i use a bucket with 10l of city water/tap water with a ph of 7.4 from tap i leave to stand for 24hours with air stones in i then ph the water to 6.4 and retest a hour or so later and the ph has risen and keeps rising any ideas on this
 
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Glaucoma

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ugorg said:
hi i use a bucket with 10l of city water/tap water with a ph of 7.4 from tap i leave to stand for 24hours with air stones in i then ph the water to 6.4 and retest a hour or so later and the ph has risen and keeps rising any ideas on this
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Sounds to me like you have hard water. The minerals in hard tap water act as a ph buffer. RO is usually the best option.
 
Hessam

Hessam

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That's no surprise! Both salts and dissolved oxygen can affect your pH level.
What solution do you use to lower pH? Some of them are not strong enough to keep your pH down. Don't be too strict about it anyway. Just adjust your pH and water! I don't see any reason to wait for an hour and retest!
 
xSwimToTheMoon

xSwimToTheMoon

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Hessam said:
That's no surprise! Both salts and dissolved oxygen can affect your pH level.
What solution do you use to lower pH? Some of them are not strong enough to keep your pH down. Don't be too strict about it anyway. Just adjust your pH and water! I don't see any reason to wait for an hour and retest!
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This usually works best for me. I put my nutes in, test, then adjust/water immediately.

I've got some hard tap water. I use water juG's and shake them up big time. I got rid of my airpumps for fish just a couple years ago too x_x
 
ugorg

ugorg

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look like mainliners back doing the trouble rounad again are well ignore button it is
 
ugorg

ugorg

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keep it coming stinkyjoe your the one digging yourself into a hole and im ugorg not mister big and i own a donkey so no need for a horse
 
ugorg

ugorg

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ya talkiing crap pal jog on no time for little girls like you i got weed to grow and a wife to poke
 
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