[Low ph help]

On 6/25/2021 at 12:34 PM, Cory said:

You can use a larger piece of crushed coral to do this as well.

Do you have any experience with seiryu stone? Does it work like crushed coral? 

[Low ph help]

On 6/25/2021 at 12:39 PM, Fish Folk said:

What I do is to put a few cups in a  porous black bio bag, and hide it in the back... and cover it with Java moss... like a crime scene 😂

But I’ve also dumped it out on tan gravel like you have and mixed it in. I like the look, personally.

Thank you! That's a really good idea.  

[Low ph help]

29 gal that has been set up for 10 months, ph has started drop and is currently at 6.4

My tap ph is 6.8 and basically non-existant KH and GH. I didn't realize when I set up my tank, that I would need a ph buffer.  I add Seachem Equilibrium with water changes and wondershells every few months along with easy green and my plants are pretty happy. Just worried about the fish if ph continues to drop. I should have started with crushed coral mixed with my substrate.  I also have 2 large pieces of mopani wood that probably contribute to the ph dropping. I really don't want to just dump crushed coral in with my brown gravel.  Are there other rocks that will buffer ph?

[Good floating plants......]

I like duckweed too but it does take over quickly.  Dwarf aquarium lily pads are pretty too.

[Curling new anubias leaves]

I'm trying to figure out what deficiency I have going on. My anubias barteri new leaves are growing in curled up on the edges. It makes me think its a calcium deficiency, but I already add Seachem Equilibrium to my very soft city water,  keeping the GH at 5. Also add easy green and Flourish Potassium(which keeps the java fern happy) Possibly too much light from the Fluval 3.0?

Stocked with cardinals and gouramis since I have naturally soft water

29gal, 7.2 ph, 78°

Nitrate 20ppm, nitrite 0, ammonia  0