Ph Nightmare

[stef30]

Thats fine then.
I would invest in a master liquid test kit so you can do your own testing on your tank water.

ok will post results l8r thganks for the info

 

[WILDER]

Do a test for ph from your cold tap water.

 

[rdd1952]

The person at the fish store apparently knows nothing about fish. The only fish I can think of that would even possibly have any problem wth a pH of 72 would be discus and true altum angels who both prefer slightly acidic water. Neutral is 7.0 so your pH is only slightly higher than that. That's just an average pH.

 

[nckate]

Sounds like the lfs guy was trying to sell you some phosphate-loaded buffer crap. A pH of 7.2 is, for all practical (as in, outside a research or diagnostic lab) purposes, completely neutral.

 

[stef30]

Sounds like the lfs guy was trying to sell you some phosphate-loaded buffer crap. A pH of 7.2 is, for all practical (as in, outside a research or diagnostic lab) purposes, completely neutral.

done another test today and ph is about between 7.6 and 7.2 tested tap water and it is the same ph

 

[vinylman]

Don't worry about it; just do another ph test when the cycle has finished. Sounds like you've got a right genius in your LFS.