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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / July 2004Dolomitic Limestone
I had my PH crash and my Nitrates shot up. I think my biological filter got killed by the low PH, because I'm fairly good about the cleaning. PH was less than 5.5, KH was 0. Ammonia OK so far. So I bought some Dolomitic Limestone to stablize my PH and Raise KH. I've added 1/2 a tsp of baking Soda so far and PH is 6.5. KH is 40. I want to raise the PH another 1+ before I add the Limestone. But how much do I need for 55 gallons? I put 2 tablespoons in half a glass of water to test this stuff and PH is 7.5+. BUT the water is VERY CLOUDY! Should I rinse this stuff before I add it to the tank? I plan to put in a media bag, not loose. Guidance appreciated. take a litre of your tank water out and add a fair chunk to it. Then test how high your PH goes. If it doesn't go over 8.4 don't worry about it, put the lot in. > I had my PH crash and my Nitrates shot up. I think my biological filter got > killed by the low PH, because I'm fairly good about the cleaning. PH was [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Guidance appreciated. exactly. it will be cloudy for 1/2 hour or so and then start to clear nicely. Ingrid >take a litre of your tank water out >and add a fair chunk to it. Then test [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >> >> Guidance appreciated. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List 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. Where did you buy the Dolomitic limestone? i can't for the life of me find any around here (montreal Canada). ...Kodiak > I had my PH crash and my Nitrates shot up. I think my biological filter got > killed by the low PH, because I'm fairly good about the cleaning. PH was [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Guidance appreciated. Hi Kodiak. I found it at Sheridan Nurseries here, but I would imagine some place like Canadian Tire might carry it. The brand was CIL BTW. If you're really stuck I'll mail you some, as I now have a lifetime supply. PH was 7.2 after two days. I guess it will eventually get closer to 8. > Where did you buy the Dolomitic limestone? > i can't for the life of me find any around here (montreal Canada). [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > > > Guidance appreciated. it may well max out at 7.4 or so. Ingrid >Hi Kodiak. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >PH was 7.2 after two days. I guess it will eventually get closer to 8. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List 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. > it may well max out at 7.4 or so. Ingrid Tank is now about 7.4. My test solutions of Lawn Lime (Dolomtic Limestone) and Limestone Screenings (Construction rock) are both at about 8.2. The screenings seemed to change the PH more quickly, but definately require a prewash. My original batch of Screening test water tested positive for Nitrites and Nitrates, so that's a bit of a concern. But after a wash it was OK. The one plus for the screenings is that they are a little coarser, so should allow better water flow if placed in a filter. I find my Lawn Lime turns to mush in the filter and tends to impede the flow more. Of course since screenings are not being sold for this purpose, results may vary significantly between manufacturers/batches/regions. So try this at your own risk. > >Hi Kodiak. > > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the > endorsements or recommendations I make. go to a local garden center and ask them if they can order a small bag of organic dolomitic limestone. or, try a fish store. you might try Jo Ann (when she gets back from vacation) or Ken and ask if they sell or know where you can get the liquid stuff. Ingrid >Where did you buy the Dolomitic limestone? >i can't for the life of me find any around here (montreal Canada). >...Kodiak ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List 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. > I had my PH crash and my Nitrates shot up. I think my biological filter got > killed by the low PH, because I'm fairly good about the cleaning. PH was [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Guidance appreciated. I just had a thought on the Limestone. Last year when we put down some penny pavers, they were underlayed with compacted Limestone screenings. I don't know what kind of Limestone this is, but it's a thought. I'll throw some in a glass of water and report back in a few days. You should be able to find this stuff at any building centre. BUT, I suspect the PH may be too high. |
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