BW Humic or Mosura pH Down?

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ThatGuyWithTheFish

Discussion Starter · Aug 27, 2012

I'm looking to lower the pH of my shrimp tank to keep CRS in. It's pH 7.2, with a KH of 3.5, so changing it shouldn't be a problem. For those who have used these products, which one should I get?

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Much cheaper than any of that stuff (and safer!):
http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/showthread.php?t=175620

Since your KH is low, you can take a Deer Park/other kind of water bottle and use a hot glue gun to expand the neck of the bottle and just attach it to your faucet. Here's a pic of what I did:

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ThatGuyWithTheFish

Discussion Starter · #3 · Aug 27, 2012

I don't like tannins in my tank. If I added peat and purigen, would the purigen keep the water crystal clear?

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Overgrowth

· #4 · Aug 27, 2012

Yes, it will. I think the pH will stay low too, but I'm not sure.

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sayurasem

· #5 · Aug 27, 2012

I use BW Humic in my hob filter. Ph is between 6.2-6.4 I'm color blind. But I use akadama as substrate too lol.

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hedge_fund

· #6 · Aug 28, 2012

Yup, I use BW Humic as well.

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Julianzh

· #7 · Jul 17, 2013

Sorry for digging old thread. Does humic change your gh too? If I put it in my tank, which is 6 GH, will it change?

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jimmytruong87

· #8 · Jul 17, 2013 (Edited)

I have question what kind of substrate u have ?
I use ADA soil, my PH is 6.0-6.5

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