thumper

i know that crashed coral will raise pH but will it also raise kh cause i have a low ph and 0 kh will adding crushed coral help both of these problems?

AlyeskaGirl

Angela_96

Yes, the crushed coral will put minerals into the water that will raise the hardness as well. another tip to help your hardness, stay away from products like stress coat, stress zyme and go with novaquel+ and amaquel +.

thumper

well i am going to start with 1/4 cup and see what that dose to my kh and ph.
i will be doing daily test to see where it is at and i will post the results for all the are interested.

current readings before adding the coral were

kh-0
ph-6 or under

yesterday my ph was 6.4 and i did a 25% water change today also and it still went down and my tap water has a ph of 7.6

thumper

not to sound rude but can any one really advise me on how much crushed coral to put in my filter or is it just add a little and wait for results? and if its not enough just add a little more till you get it to where you want it?

AlyeskaGirl

Yes, start with a little.....then go from there. It wont take much I believe. I have clam shells in my tank and it only took a few to help with the buffering.

thumper

ok thank you i am just tryin to do it right i dont want it to spike i just want it to go up to around 6.8 to7.0!

AlyeskaGirl

Yeah, that's what the pH is at in my tanks.....about 6.8. Usually much lower....

thumper

a lot of my problem with my ph being low is because of the blog wood in my tank and the kh really is none in my tap water so that why its 0.0!

thumper

update

i have got my ph up tp 6.4 an kh still at 0 i have a 1/2 of cup of crushed coral in there i am thinking of adding another 1/4 cup cause i would like to get to around 7.6 cause that is what my tap water is and i think it would be better for the fishies if i did what do you all think?