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Old 06-19-2006, 12:38 PM   #25 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by dstephens
After reading this thread I decided to turn the bubbles up, lower the PH threshold and monitor the situation to make sure I don't nuke my fish. So far, I have managed it downward to a PH of 5.8 before the fish start moving towards the surface. Now the PH is hovering around 5.8 - 5.9. At a KH of 4, that would put the
CO2 measurement through the roof using the KH/PH CO2 Chart. I still don't see any pearling on the plants.
That makes 190 ppm CO2. You are killing your fish. Please note that we are discussing zero KH conditions, not 4 KH. Lower the CO2 ASAP.

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Also, will my fish eventually adjust to the lower pH
If they are not high pH fish then yes they will adjust. But they will not adjust to CO2 over 30 ppm.

The reason why your plants are not pearling is possibly too many hours of light a day or some nutrient deficiency. And plants don’t need to pearl to grow well.


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