vindy500 Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 i got a new tank, 7L jobbie. put some black sand in from bunnings, thought it looked nice, same brand as the stones i use in my big tank so thought it should be sweet, 3 days in and my betta died just did a ph test, its dark blue. as in off the charts... poos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nana Luke Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 I think you've just answered your own question. Sorry to hear about your loss! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron-Betta Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 stupid question, but was the sand aquarium sand? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpidersWeb Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 stupid question, but was the sand aquarium sand? Without a doubt I'd say no I would've thought black sand was fine, but guess not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron-Betta Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 I have bare bottom tanks (for ease of cleaning) except for a few which I only use stuff that is aquarium safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vindy500 Posted June 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 stupid question, but was the sand aquarium sand? guess not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmchick Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 If it is the same black sand as we have on our local west coast beaches, wouldnt the iron content be huge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RochelleMay Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 will putting a feature of white aquarium sand into a 200L tank make the pH too high? Im planning to do this with my tank but maybe not if its going to kill my fish too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpidersWeb Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 Test it, sand you want to use + water in bucket Test pH a few days later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron-Betta Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 spidersweb, would it not be too concentrated testing like that? Wouldn't you have to calculate the volume of water in the tank and the amount of substrate to be used to make it relevant to the bucket size and how much test substrate you put in the bucket? Sorta slept through science class at school, but if you had 3kg of acidic (for arguements sake) substrate in an 8L bucket, and 3kg of the same subsrate in a 200L tank the pH reading on the tank would be less than that in the bucket? :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron-Betta Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 Other than that try a pH buffer, I think they are avaliable in 6.5 and 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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