wow....sorry to hear about the lost!.....hopefully we get the answer soon...what did your ph get up too? was there a recent water change?
hey chen here in calgary i never had to worry about my ph unless i was getting fish in from other provinces so i never tested my tanks ph. i had my tank run for a month and when scott came by my house he suggested a drip. this is the first i ever heard of this and had to jump on the idea of never having to clean my tank again. My ph went to the highest point of the tester which is 8.8 could've been higher.
what did the ph go up to? 8.4?
With a drip system, the tank waters PH should be the same as the tap waters.
hey motoro
my ph was at the highest point of the tester which was 8.8 when i tested my tap it was 8.4. The tanks ph is not neccessarily the same as the tap with aged tank water the ph becomes lower and with a water change it doesnt dramatically rise like mine did. what confused me was that my tanks ph was higher then the tap when originally the tanks ph was lower then the tap.
Hey Glen not exactly understanding everything that happened but with a drip system your water should stay the exact same as the ph in Calgary's water. When you first start the system your ph will likely increase because your old tank water may have been broken down decreasing the hardness and allowing the ph to decrease. The worse thing you can do is add the neutral regulator into the water with the drip as all it will do is cause the ph to dip and then bounce back up to Calgary's ph. One thing you may have not looked at is with a drip system not all filters are created equal and it may not be the ph rise that killed the aros but maybe the filters are not sitting in the housing correctly or the filters life excectancy has run out allowing chlorine into your tank, get a chlorine test kit for pools and just check your drip to see if it tests positive for chlorine.
One other thing I forgot to ask is what type of sand are you using or do you have any tile or deorations in your tank. Some types of sand will raise your ph or also some decorations can also.
Hey scott
i barely used the drip when i found out the ph went so high so i think the filters still got some life left. the filters i bought came with the housing and kind of just sits inside. i am using argonite fine sand but was planning on taking it out anyways because my sumps now keep clogging because of all the sand another reason why i wanted to change to the aqua uiltima ii. if i was to do this wouldnt the sand clog up the ultima anyways? should i just take out the sand?? i talked to tim he said it shouldnt bother the fish now as they will get used to it but i am always getting new fish in and rays and aros dont like a ph that high anyways. what to do what to do!!!
I am sorry for the loss Glen. It must have been a great Ph shock to kill the aros.
Are you using the same general system (equipment brands) Rudy is using?
hey theo
my biggest mistake was thinking the aros was having ammonia burns and so i took out 3 aros to relieve the massive bio load. what i really did was took them out from 8.8 ph to a tank with 7.6 ph i pretty much dug thier graves for them. Rudy and Scott pretty much gave some step by step instructions thats why i am so frustrated, getting tips from pros that works for them but mine is just fluctuating the water way too much. i dont know whats wrong.