Roxasclone asked:

Just want to know if my tank is safe for fish, I have the Ph tester I just don’t know what’s good and what’s bad

jkohli89 asked:

I have a 30gal fish tank with 4 black tetras, 1 mollie, 2 pleco, and a couple snails. The ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate levels are great. No problems. When I test the Ph balance tho, it is around 7.6. This value is a little high and I was wondering HOW do I get it down and KEEP it down?

phitephan asked:

How do I lower My PH balance in My Tank without adding chemicals? The water is hard and everything seems fine on the water parameters.How can I lower the water Naturally without chemicals? I did see a product at Pet smart called PH up and PH down.Do those work?

Alice asked:

I have a PH testing kit, and one Chinese Algae Eater. Tropical fish.
Should my PH level for my tank be above 7.0 or below?

CQ asked:

Recommended or not? Is this a good way to dilute the chemicals in the water so they don’t become too harsh on the fish, yet remain effective enough to balance the ph, nitrites, and ammonia levels? I would like to just add chems, kinda of intravenously thru the filter behind the media. And does this effect my bio wheel permanently? Can the bio wheel regenerate bacteria anyway and remain effective?

Buzzsaw asked:

I just started up a 10 gallon tank yesterday and im waiting a couple weeks to get it cycled.

I bought one of those Live pH things they have at pet stores which monitors the pH on an ongoing basis. It shows what the pH is in colors(each pH level is a different color, so what ever the pH is, that color shows).

Ever since I put it in the pH has been off the charts, somewhere above 8.6

I also have some pH test strips which are the same kind that the Pet Store uses. And they show the same thing.

Will the pH go down after a few days?

Are there any Natural Ways to lower pH without using chemicals like “pH down” or “Ph Decrease”?
I have another 55 gallon tank and I have no problem with its pH, so there is nothing wrong with the water at my house.

There is not a problem with the pH monitor, I have changed the cartridge several times and they all show the same thing.

And YES i have emptied the tank twice already and started over but once I fill it up, the pH is still the same.
The only thing that is in the tank is some gravel that i bought from the pet store.
(Not the different colored kind but the more natural kind that looks like normal gravel)

A heater and a thermometer.

A couple of plants (plastic)

And also a bubble wall for oxygenation

Jessica M asked:

Just a curiosity, could a urinalysis test strip (for ph, nitrite, specific gravity and protein) work for fish tank water?

I don’t own a test kit as of yet, and I’m starting to worry about my fish.
Well, I’m worried since I am new to owning fish and I don’t have a tester.

I didn’t realize that I should wait for the nitrogen cycle to come into play before I put the fish in the tank.

When I got the fish, I had just put bottled water and stress zyme in it and then let the fish in the bag settle for 20 minutes and that was it.

Now the water has a slight cloudiness to it and it wasn’t like that yesterday when I put them in.