Need to increase ph for malawi's

is there a good product on the market that will help me increase the ph in my tank, dont really want to remove the driftwood and i understand that drops the ph.

 

Crushed coral in your filter. You can also adding Baking Soda/Bicarbonate Soda to up ph

 

i have ceramics in the bottom tray of my filter and charcoal in the 2nd, to i add it to one of them or replace on of them.

 

Its not advisable to add Baking soda to your tank as the quick fluctuation of the ph can be lethal to your fish. Rather add limestone rocks inside your tank that will buff your ph or crushed coral with the ceramics at the bottom of your filter.

 

Thanx for all your help, will get some crushed coral and add it to the my filter

 

Nothing wrong with adding baking soda, its just a question of how much. Same goes for products that alter ph available off the shelf from your LFS.

Crushed coral works well in a Malawi tank, been using mine for well over a year

 

how often do i need to add coral, does it desolve, also how much coral will i need to add it i have a 4foot tank.

 

i have a crushed coral for substrate which buffers well!

 

whats the price of crushed coral? also need some for a 4ft tank(durban)

 

Doesn't dissolve at all, i've had the same bag for close to 2 years

 

how much should i put into the filter or how big bag

 

how much coral should i add, is 5kg's enough

 

As much as you possibly can as it will dissolve in time.

 

Hi all, When adding in coral or shell it takes quite some time to get the desired levels of calcium into the water to hold the PH at 8-8,4 and to keep the hatdness at around 12-14. By adding in some Bicarbonta of soda you can get this done pretty quickly. I have around 60 species of Malawi's, 50+ tanks at home, and simply add between a 1/4 to a box of the stuff depending on the size of the tank. This I do even with the fish in the tank.
This will allow your system the time to start leaching out the calcium from the coral or shell you have in your system.

 

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A 10kg bag of coral chip in the sump, and crushed shells substrate always kept my malawi tank around 8.2. I've read on the marine forums that the bicarb soda should be baked in the oven to be able to push up the pH over 8. If you going to add bicarb, do it slowly a little everyday and test till you at the desired pH. Then you should add a little with every water change of needed..

 

Hi Danh. dont mean to hijack the thread, but i see you have a 1000L front tank..what type of frontosa are you keeping?

 

Got some F1 chaitikas that Doug Falconer bred from his WCs. Looks like 2 males and 6 females from their behaviour. They about 8-12cm now and living in big tank in the garage where its nice and quiet. Maybe in a year or so we'll see some action. I've also got another batch of 7 chaitika from doug which are from a different male and female to cross the blood lines a bit, but they about 5cm now only, So what you got for sale, looking to buy something interesting, and I hear you the man with the interesting malawis. Maybe I can pop in on the weekend if you not too busy.

 

lol.nothing to really sell at the moment except for some nice f1 mbuna. I'm looking for some large size kigoma fronts to build up another colony...but ya..i dont wana hijack the thread...will pm you if i have anything Danh