Sean_Buckley
Fishaholic
Does anyone know how you can avoid a drastic crash when you add CO2? Will it harm the fish at all? How much of a crash will happen to the pH?
Sean
Sean
For a given KH, they show you what your pH will be for varying levels of CO2 in ppm.
This isn't true for CO2, especially if most of your buffer is in the form of cabonate. Cabonate will buffer most acids, but will not buffer carbonic acid (CO2 dissolved in water). As a result, your pH will slowly drop regardless of your kH, unless significant amount of other buffers (such as phosphate) are present as well. But don't worry, carbonic acid is a weak acid and decomposes rapidly in water into CO2 and water.BobTheDog said:It depends on how high your KH is. The higher your KH, the less effect CO2 will have on your pH.
I believe you are referring to chuck's planted aquaria.I don't have the link right now but if you search for "measure CO2 pH KH" you should be able to quickly find some of the charts available on the internet. For a given KH, they show you what your pH will be for varying levels of CO2 in ppm.