jimmie86
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i have a 2.5 gallon with a 10 watt pc light. i have some gsp, a chalice, 1 snail, 1 hermit and a watchman gobie goby...... my ph seems to stay between 8.0-8.2 whats the best way to raise it to 8.4?
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jimmie86
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ok, i do a 1 to 1 1/2 cup water change every week. i know the smaller tanks can fluctuate pretty easy and i am going to add more coral so just wanna make sure... when i asked a guy at the lfs he said it needs to be at 8.4. thanks for the help
Mike J.
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With my real small tanks I top off in the morning and night to keep the salinity from fluctuating a lot. They're shrimp breeding/grow out tanks and they don't like salinity changes.
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jimmie86
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my salinity stays pretty stable, everything stays good just wasnt to sure about the ph. how do u think a sps would do in it? i have always wanted to try one but was not sure since its so small
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Size of the tank doesn't matter. I'm not sure about your lighting though; that I don't know. But after more thought I'd suggest an even bigger water change - a quart is very minimum, half gallon would be better. For a healthy tank.
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ok, i didnt want to take out to much of the water and figured that since i did it every week that a small water change would be good. its a little less than 5 watt per gallon and the gps and chalice seem to be doing really good but they have only been in a few weeks and the tank has only been up for 2 months
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yeah, i had one in this tank before but power went out for a 2 days and i lost everything. same lighting just a new bulb. i have never had any problems with coral growth in this tank a couple years ago, actually seemed to grow much better than any tank i ever had
