Last time I measured it's PH was a few months ago, with a reading of 7.2 ( nearly neutral ).J-P wrote:can't say that argonite will be of use or not without knowing the pH of the tap water.
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Sylar_92
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Yes, for the purposes of treating diseases (the only reason to use any salt in FW), table salt is fine:Sylar_92 wrote:A question I have always thought about was if it was possible to use kitchen grade non-iodize seasalt as a substitute for aquarium salt. I heard it was possible but I also heard it wasn't.
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so in your case, argonite would bring your pH up to 8 or 8.2Sylar_92 wrote:Last time I measured it's PH was a few months ago, with a reading of 7.2 ( nearly neutral ).J-P wrote:can't say that argonite will be of use or not without knowing the pH of the tap water.
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rotfl! there was salt on the glass, big grains of saltJ-P wrote:no salt... no salt, no salt..
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Sylar_92
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Heres the pic of my figure 8 a month ago while I was accimilating him to the tank.
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Absolutely adorable F8 you have there! I have two of them myself. Looking forward to hearing more about yours!
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Even if his pH were higher, I believe his KH would also have to be 10° - 14° (?) As the bacteria oxidizes ammonia, it depletes KH, and if the KH gets low between water changes, the pH may not remain steady.
Maybe some people have liquid rock for tap, but I know if I were to keep a F8, I'd have to use a calcium carbonate based substrate at the least. My KH is about 8 - 10 ppm and even though it comes out of the tap pH 6.8 - 7.0, it quickly drops to 6.0 and below.
Maybe some people have liquid rock for tap, but I know if I were to keep a F8, I'd have to use a calcium carbonate based substrate at the least. My KH is about 8 - 10 ppm and even though it comes out of the tap pH 6.8 - 7.0, it quickly drops to 6.0 and below.
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Our water is close to liquid rock at about 18dH but we used an aragonite substance as long term stability is also very important. All of our tap water changes over the year and years. If your water is soft then the aragonite will slowly dissolve, if it is hard then it will not.
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Huh?hadla wrote:rotfl! there was salt on the glass, big grains of saltJ-P wrote:no salt... no salt, no salt..
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it was from the movie office spacesevenyearnight wrote:Huh?hadla wrote:rotfl! there was salt on the glass, big grains of saltJ-P wrote:no salt... no salt, no salt..
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I'm also new from this puffer forums. Thanks for the post
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MMMMmmmmmmmm..........mikesaturday wrote:I'm also new from this puffer forums. Thanks for the post
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Hes not a spammer,eieio wrote:MMMMmmmmmmmm..........mikesaturday wrote:I'm also new from this puffer forums. Thanks for the post
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before his name turned black, he had two links in his post related to software sales, etc..........Walrus Head wrote:Hes not a spammer,eieio wrote:MMMMmmmmmmmm..........mikesaturday wrote:I'm also new from this puffer forums. Thanks for the post
O wait his names gone black MMMMmmmmmmmm..........
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Thats why his name is now Blackeieio wrote: he had two links in his post related to software sales, etc..........
