Natural way to raise PH

[Pete]

I have some africans setup in a 75gal tank for over a year.

I recently bought my first PH meter. I took a reading. It showed 8.0
(my tap is 7.25)


I currently have some landscape gravel in my tank. (dunno what it is)
This is not fish store gravel. I have had this in the tank for 4
years with my old oscars.

Is there something I can naturally bring the PH up?
Driftwood? Coral? something like that?
Nothing extreme..

thanks

[Racf]

"Pete" > wrote in message
...
> I have some africans setup in a 75gal tank for over a year.
>
> I recently bought my first PH meter. I took a reading. It showed 8.0
> (my tap is 7.25)
>
>
> I currently have some landscape gravel in my tank. (dunno what it is)
> This is not fish store gravel. I have had this in the tank for 4
> years with my old oscars.
>
> Is there something I can naturally bring the PH up?
> Driftwood? Coral? something like that?
> Nothing extreme..
>
> thanks
>

Check your tap water after 24 hours and see if it is still the same.

Baking Soda
Crushed Coral
Calcium Carbonate
Marble Chips
Limestone

Just to name a few ways to raise it up....but I imagine its fine as it
is......but thats your choice.....

[Joshua Stewart]

try testing differnet types of water from around your area ie rain, creek
water etc i have found that rain water is the more acid but creek water is
more alkaline
"Racf" > wrote in message
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>
> "Pete" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I have some africans setup in a 75gal tank for over a year.
> >
> > I recently bought my first PH meter. I took a reading. It showed 8.0
> > (my tap is 7.25)
> >
> >
> > I currently have some landscape gravel in my tank. (dunno what it is)
> > This is not fish store gravel. I have had this in the tank for 4
> > years with my old oscars.
> >
> > Is there something I can naturally bring the PH up?
> > Driftwood? Coral? something like that?
> > Nothing extreme..
> >
> > thanks
> >
>
> Check your tap water after 24 hours and see if it is still the same.
>
> Baking Soda
> Crushed Coral
> Calcium Carbonate
> Marble Chips
> Limestone
>
> Just to name a few ways to raise it up....but I imagine its fine as it
> is......but thats your choice.....
>
>

[Iain Miller]

"Craig Brye" > wrote in message
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> Aeration will cause pH to rise to a certain point depending on a few
factors
> (pH out of tap and KH of the water).

This happens because there is usually a fair bit of CO2 in tap water. The
aeration drives this off thus causing the PH to rise back to a level more
consistent with atmospheric levels of CO2 and whatever Kh the water has.

I.