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Originally Posted by mistergreen  So I added 1/2 cup of crushed limestone to my 10G 2-3 days ago.. I have not seen any ph or KH change.. Is that normal? |
You know, I had tinkered around with raising my tap water's pH just for fun and I found that seashells work great at raising it. I had added just one shell to a container of water and left it sit for a full 24 hours and it brought the pH up to 8.4. You could always give that a try to see how it works.
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Originally Posted by Prometheus AHHHHHH!
Yesterday I did a partial water change
and today I came home and one of my neon tetras was DEAD! 
Will the aeration and co2 escape really affect the pH so much that it will bring it up to 8.4????
or is that the oyster grit?
How do I find out what the kH is? Do I have to go buy some kind of test kit for that.
I am tempted to add the neutral regulater stuff after I see that one of my fish has died. But maybe it died from something else  |
I'm so sorry about your tetra.
I don't think that aeration will affect the pH that much unless you have it at full blast. My 2.5g tank has one of those treasure chests that opens and closes every few seconds and the pH remains at a stable 8.0.
As for the KH, you can get a
test kit by Hagen that contains tests for both the GH and KH. It's a good test to have on hand.
