Fish: Re: [tropical fish club] Re: OT-Aquarium Water Question, Need Help!

Hi Ray,
Would it help if she sent some photo's of this tank? Maybe something will jump
out at you.
Donna

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From: Ray <sevenspringss@wmconnect.com>
Re: OT-Aquarium Water Question, Need Help!

Alyce,

In trying to eliminate some sources of your water problem, I'm assuming
(hopefully correctly) that you've never had a problem with the Rainbow rocks
during the 15 years you used them. As there must be something other than the
natural biological processes going on in your frog tank to be lowering your KH
and pH so rapidly, the only other thing I can think of -- besides acidy foods
being fed to the frogs, which you never answered me about -- would be the
gravel. This does not explain the high jumps of the nitrite though. Have you
tested the tap water for nitrite? Perhaps you have nitrite already in the water
you're adding to the frog tank.

The nitrite itself though would not have an effect on the KH or pH, unless/until
the nitrate level rises considerably -- which in your case it doesn't. So,
we're back to the gravel as being the possible cause for this when there's
nothing else left to consider. If the "rock" in your fish tank is coral, then
this would explain why that tank's water is not being affected, even if it's
using the same gravel -- if that's the problem.

Try taking a portion of the gravel out of the frog tank and putting it in a
small plastic, glass or enamel (but not metal) container and add tap water to
it. Check it after 24 hours for KH and pH and let us know the results.

Ray
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