Correct PH tabs, what do they do?

Ok, will do the salt and water changes, but must I really remove the gravel?
He still seems quite agitated tonight, when i came home and turned on the
lights he
bumped into the glass really hard. Now he's pushing on the glass like
yesterday.
Sometimes he jerks a bit, something he never did before. Water stats are the
same as
yesterday, PH is still high 7.6. The ammonia jumped up a bit but still
less than 0.3mg/L
According to my chart, even low levels of ammonia can be toxic when the PH
is high.

Would it help if I took the Aquaclear 300 filter out of my already cycled
tank and put it in the
new tank? Right now i have an Aquaclear 500 in the tank but the media is
also new.

Thank you for your patience Ingrid...
.....S


wrote in message
...
oh yes, it sure can cause problems. it can also be psychological. get
the colored
gravel out of the tank. most new tanks are run with salt brine overnight.
keep doing water changes and add 1 teasp salt per 5 gallons. Ingrid

"Kodiak" wrote:
Can a sudden jump in PH
7.0 to PH 8.5 cause any problems?
Can it be psychological, the new tank has different coloured gravel. The
tank is new and not completely cycled yet,
I'm keeping an eye on Ammonia and Nitriites though.


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dont remove the gravel until the ammonia and nitrite are 0.
keep doing water changes, add a bit of salt 1 teaspoon per 5 gallons.
can you move some of the media from one aquaclear to another? that would help.
Ingrid

"Kodiak" wrote:

Ok, will do the salt and water changes, but must I really remove the gravel?
He still seems quite agitated tonight, when i came home and turned on the
lights he
bumped into the glass really hard. Now he's pushing on the glass like
yesterday.
Sometimes he jerks a bit, something he never did before. Water stats are the
same as
yesterday, PH is still high 7.6. The ammonia jumped up a bit but still
less than 0.3mg/L
According to my chart, even low levels of ammonia can be toxic when the PH
is high.

Would it help if I took the Aquaclear 300 filter out of my already cycled
tank and put it in the
new tank? Right now i have an Aquaclear 500 in the tank but the media is
also new.

Thank you for your patience Ingrid...
....S


wrote in message
...
oh yes, it sure can cause problems. it can also be psychological. get
the colored
gravel out of the tank. most new tanks are run with salt brine overnight.
keep doing water changes and add 1 teasp salt per 5 gallons. Ingrid

"Kodiak" wrote:
Can a sudden jump in PH
7.0 to PH 8.5 cause any problems?
Can it be psychological, the new tank has different coloured gravel. The
tank is new and not completely cycled yet,
I'm keeping an eye on Ammonia and Nitriites though.


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.




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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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OK I added the salt. The fish (Bubba a 9" Comet) seems to be less agitated.
PH is still very high 7.8
Ammonia is increasing, but i keep it in check with a 30% water change
every 2 days.
Nitirites and nitrates still 0.
Why not move the whole filter over from the other tank? (no fish anymore in
my other tank)
...S

wrote in message
...
dont remove the gravel until the ammonia and nitrite are 0.
keep doing water changes, add a bit of salt 1 teaspoon per 5 gallons.
can you move some of the media from one aquaclear to another? that would
help.
Ingrid

"Kodiak" wrote:

Ok, will do the salt and water changes, but must I really remove the
gravel?
He still seems quite agitated tonight, when i came home and turned on the
lights he
bumped into the glass really hard. Now he's pushing on the glass like
yesterday.
Sometimes he jerks a bit, something he never did before. Water stats are
the
same as
yesterday, PH is still high 7.6. The ammonia jumped up a bit but still
less than 0.3mg/L
According to my chart, even low levels of ammonia can be toxic when the
PH
is high.

Would it help if I took the Aquaclear 300 filter out of my already cycled
tank and put it in the
new tank? Right now i have an Aquaclear 500 in the tank but the media is
also new.

Thank you for your patience Ingrid...
....S


wrote in message
...
oh yes, it sure can cause problems. it can also be psychological. get
the colored
gravel out of the tank. most new tanks are run with salt brine
overnight.
keep doing water changes and add 1 teasp salt per 5 gallons. Ingrid

"Kodiak" wrote:
Can a sudden jump in PH
7.0 to PH 8.5 cause any problems?
Can it be psychological, the new tank has different coloured gravel.
The
tank is new and not completely cycled yet,
I'm keeping an eye on Ammonia and Nitriites though.


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.




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your pH is fine, dont change that. you must do as many water changes as necessary to
keep ammonia just detectable. every two days really isnt enough. ohh.. sure, move
the whole filter over then. Ingrid

"Kodiak" wrote:
OK I added the salt. The fish (Bubba a 9" Comet) seems to be less agitated.
PH is still very high 7.8
Ammonia is increasing, but i keep it in check with a 30% water change
every 2 days.
Nitirites and nitrates still 0.
Why not move the whole filter over from the other tank? (no fish anymore in
my other tank)
..S


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compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.

You mean I should do a 30% every day?
I don't age my water, i guess that (Chlorine and metals) will be hard on the
fish?
I do use some Aqua safe though.


wrote in message
...
your pH is fine, dont change that. you must do as many water changes as
necessary to
keep ammonia just detectable. every two days really isnt enough. ohh..
sure, move
the whole filter over then. Ingrid

"Kodiak" wrote:
OK I added the salt. The fish (Bubba a 9" Comet) seems to be less
agitated.
PH is still very high 7.8
Ammonia is increasing, but i keep it in check with a 30% water change
every 2 days.
Nitirites and nitrates still 0.
Why not move the whole filter over from the other tank? (no fish anymore
in
my other tank)
..S


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http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.