RE: PH

["gooch" <gooch@tznet.com>]

I had a very high ph swing once by using too much carbon. I would remove the
peat and see what the ph stabilizes at over a week. The humic acids in the
peat will remain there so I wouldn't worry too much about removing it.

Thanks
Phil


>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-apisto@admin.listbox.com
>[mailto:owner-apisto@admin.listbox.com]On Behalf Of mickey3@intergate.ca
>Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 5:23 PM
>To: apisto@majordomo.pobox.com
>Subject: PH
>
>
>Ok...now here's a weird one for everyone. I've been fighting to keep the PH
>down in my 72 gal, as it would always rise into a high akaline no matter
>what type of buffers I used. I added a nylon bag off spagnum peat to my
>penguin emporer bio wheel filter and it stays down around 6.8. The other
>day I turned off the emporer for the afternoon, for some peace and non
>gurgling quiet, and forgot to turn it back on until the next morning. In a
>panic I checked the PH and it's in the basement, Like high 5's to 6.0. If I
>turn on the emporer, which has nothing in it except peat moss and some
>standard floss filter media, the PH rises. Now what's with that? Could it
>somehow be ionizing the water into an akaline state? I went so far as to
>call Texas and get the specs on the gravel, which is 99.9% silicon and
>inert when it was PH tested. Has anyone else had this experience?...thx and
>sorry for getting off the apisto subject and into the twilight
>zone....Mike.
>
>
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