Re: [AGA Member] CO2 Diffusion

["Amit Brucker" <amitb@gtek.co.il>]

Steve,
I agree, but if I recall correctly when I was replacing the water only with
tap water I haven't noticed that.
Anyway  I 'll keep an eye.
10x

Amit
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve" <steve_wilsonii@fishpalace.org>
To: <aga-member@thekrib.com>
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 12:29 AM
Subject: Re: [AGA Member] CO2 Diffusion


> Amit,
> The water that was taken out of the tank was saturated with CO2. When the
> new water was added, you basically dilluted your CO2 saturated water so
that
> the concentration of CO2 was less. Now your water has the ability to
accept
> more CO2 untill it is saturated again. This is a normal occurance during a
> water change.
>
> If you lower your KH and the PH stays the same your CO2 levels are going
to
> drop. I do not know if CO2 dissolves better in water with a low GH but
what
> seems to be important to CO2 is PH and KH.
>
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