FishForums.com - View Single Post - Fish stay at the top, don't eat, and die.

Georgia Peach · 10-09-2008, 05:16 PM

here is a pretty good article on buffering capacity of water (KH) - if your tank is measuring 5 - thats kinda low - a higher KH will make the water more resistant to PH swings

http://www.fishyou.com/water.php#pH

I use baking soda in my tank for buffer

10-09-2008, 05:16 PM	#8
Georgia Peach Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Gray, Georgia Age: 42 Posts: 1,706	here is a pretty good article on buffering capacity of water (KH) - if your tank is measuring 5 - thats kinda low - a higher KH will make the water more resistant to PH swings http://www.fishyou.com/water.php#pH I use baking soda in my tank for buffer __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Cichlids have more personality than most people I know !* Last edited by Georgia Peach; 10-09-2008 at 05:18 PM.