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Alkalinity and PH off the scale help please
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Alkalinity and PH off the scale help please 2 years, 2 months ago #84434

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I tested my water and MY Alkalinity and PH is off the scale what do I do
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Re: Alkalinity and PH off the scale help please 2 years, 2 months ago #84437

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alkalinity is pH...it is a high pH.....hmmm has it been this way for a while???? Have you added any new rocks>?
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Re: Alkalinity and PH off the scale help please 2 years, 2 months ago #84439

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sounds like it could be a bad test...what did it read?
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Re:Alkalinity and PH off the scale help please 2 years, 2 months ago #84440

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yeah I added two Geo's to hold down two new pieces of drift wood
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Re:Alkalinity and PH off the scale help please 2 years, 2 months ago #84444

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geo's????what kind of stone is it??? limestone??? are they big??? how big is the tank?
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Re:Alkalinity and PH off the scale help please 2 years, 2 months ago #84446

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they r decent size and its a 60 gallon tank i took them out after u asked if i had added any rocks
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Re:Alkalinity and PH off the scale help please 2 years, 2 months ago #84448

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lol do you know what kind of stone they are? what was the pH at??
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Re:Alkalinity and PH off the scale help please 2 years, 2 months ago #84449

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sorry what kind are they?
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Re:Alkalinity and PH off the scale help please 2 years, 2 months ago #84450

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I think they are called Geode They are round then you break the rock open and its full of crystals
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Re:Alkalinity and PH off the scale help please 2 years, 2 months ago #84452

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hmm it could be the problem... do another test and let me know what the pH is.... driftwood should help lower pH actually
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Re:Alkalinity and PH off the scale help please 2 years, 2 months ago #84453

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My tester only goes up to 7.6 and it appears to be the same color as that or a little darker its really hard to tell
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Re:Alkalinity and PH off the scale help please 2 years, 2 months ago #84454

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said they are mostly made up of limestone
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