I'd say it's not deadly or anything (keep an eye on your levels) but if you have any concerns a water change won't hurt. Is your tank cycled?Betta1227 said:
6.0Cichlidude said:What is your pH?
pH of 6 is not an issue for ammonia at that level. High pH would be bad like 8. However, if you have a filter in the tank, your bacteria is not doing a thing, which may be causing the slight increase you are seeing. Best to get your pH to 7 to get your bacteria kick started. If you have a filter...Betta1227 said:
How do I get it to 7Cichlidude said:pH of 6 is not an issue for ammonia at that level. High pH would be bad like 8. However, if you have a filter in the tank, your bacteria is not doing it thing, which may be causing the slight increase you are seeing. Best to get your pH to 7 to get your bacteria kick started. If you have a filter...
Do you have a filter? Lots of ways water change is the fastest and easiest. There are other ways too. How big a tank? What is the pH of your tap water?Betta1227 said:How do I get it to 7
Yes I have a filter for my 6.6 hallon tank, how do u check tap water on lolCichlidude said:Do you have a filter? Lots of ways water change is the fastest and easiest. There are other ways too. How big a tank? What is the pH of your tap water?
The same way you checked the pH of the tank water. How did you check it to say it was 6.0?Betta1227 said:Yes I have a filter for my 6.6 hallon tank, how do u check tap water on lol
Same as in the tank.Betta1227 said:Yes I have a filter for my 6.6 hallon tank, how do u check tap water on lol
ApI test kit I think it would be the same ph in my tank right nowCichlidude said:The same way you checked the pH of the tank water. How did you check it to say it was 6.0?
Great. Agree, now that we have the data.jdhef said:Usually when your tank water is lower than your tap water, it indicates that you have water with a low KH (i.e. soft water). The KH helps keep the waters pH constant, and water with a low KH is likely to have the pH change pretty easily.
I have this problem myself, so I added some crushed coral to my filter, which releases calcium into the water which raises the KH level, therefore keeping my pH steady at the level it comes out of my tap.
But with a small tank, you can get away with just putting a cuttle bone (those things they sell in the bird department) and just put that in your tank. It too will raise the KH level keeping your pH level steady.
One word of caution, with a pH of 6.0, all the ammonia in your tank has converted to ammonium, which is far less toxic (some claI'm non-toxic) to fish. But also with so low a pH level your bacteria has gone dormant. Once your pH starts rising, that ammonium starts converting into ammonia. Depending on how long the ammonia converting bacteria was dormant, it may have all starved off. So keep an eye on your ammonia levels.