Louise02 Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 I have a five-gallon aquarium that will house a betta soon. The pH is down at about 6.8. I have added a bag of crushed coral, cleaned filters, and changed the water. I don't want to push the pH too quickly, but is there anything else I can do to try to get the pH up to 7? BTW, I did add a wonder shell. I wasn't going to dissolve much of it in this tank, but I thought that I would add a little bit of mineral. We have been using RO water, as our city water has both chlorine and ammonia (how is that even legal?). I don't know if this is a terrible idea, but snails have had a hard time keeping healthy shells in this aquarium in the past. I was thinking to just up the mineral a tish. Thoughts? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 Add some crushed coral to your filter. Put it in a filter media bag and place behind media. That helps with water hardness for you snail especially. Or add more to gravel @Louise02 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SantaMonica Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 Yes, cloramines are common in tap water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 I just starting using Salty Shrimp GH/KH to remineralize my RO water for my shrimp tanks. Ran it through my test kits and it seems to work very well! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWilk Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 Why not use seachem's pH neutral regulator or alkaline buffer? To sharply raise hardness, try equilibrium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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