Mr McFish Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 I was hoping to put a flower pot in my tank with a pair of kribs but was fizzing in the water should I chuck it in any way or leave it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagonman Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 is it terracotta? it should stop fizzing, i had the same problem. sum one else might be able to shed light on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whetu Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 If it's a dry terracotta pot then you're just forcing the tiny air bubbles out of it to make it fizz. I always thought terracotta didn't change the pH of water, but just recently someone on here found theirs raised their pH! Might be worth taking a look for that thread... and then it might be worth doing a pH test on your water and checking on the pot before you decide to leave it in the tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 The fizzing is the air coming out. It will stop. I didn't know terracotta altered the pH. :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr McFish Posted July 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 Yeah its terracotta I thought it was just the air coming out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whetu Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 The fizzing is the air coming out. It will stop. I didn't know terracotta altered the pH. :-? I didn't think it did either (I have never had a problem with it) but I did a search for the recent thread where someone had an issue and here it is: viewtopic.php?f=10&t=35529&start=15 About half way down page 2: Interesting results from the pH test. It was water taken from the tank it tested at 7.0 last night before pots were added. Just now after pots have been in there for nearly 24 hours... sky high pH readings! Off the normal range chart and possibly even off the high range chart (water turned pretty shades of blue and purple!) I am wondering though if the volume of water used will have any effect on it? Tank is 150 litres and the container I tested the pots in was only a 2 litre icecream container with less than 2 litres of water in it. Guess all I can do is add one of the pots and keep an eye on the pH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 Yeah, same here. I put a little terracotta pot in my tank and it started fizzing straight away. Just air, from all the tiny "pores" in the pot I'd imagine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsmith Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 The bubbles are totally fine in my experience, also never had a problem with them raising the pH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 yep. the water goes inside the terracotta, displacing the air that is in the terracotta. those pores are the reason that pH neural tiles, ceramics, and pots make great filter media Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 As everyone has said the bubbles are fine I haven't had problems with ph rises either, all my apisto tanks are filled with terracotta pots and the ph stays down and fish breed etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr McFish Posted July 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 I will put it in then. I have chucked lots of rocks in my tank and they fizzed an never had any problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whetu Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 I will put it in then. I have chucked lots of rocks in my tank and they fizzed an never had any problems. Ah now - rocks fizzing might be a different thing! It would certainly be worth testing the pH if you're putting fizzing rocks in your tank! I'm glad to hear the consensus is still that terracotta won't affect your pH because that is what I always believed (and what my experience supported) but Southerrrngirrl's experience had me doubting myself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 I'm glad to hear the consensus is still that terracotta won't affect your pH because that is what I always believed (and what my experience supported) but Southerrrngirrl's experience had me doubting myself! yeah me too. All those years of putting pots in the tanks for kribs and other fish to spwan in and I had no problems at all - then I heard of what happened to her and I started doubting too.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr McFish Posted July 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 Ok its only a few guppies in their at the moment. are these any good for testing the ph? http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing ... =228980907 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 buy a broad range pH indicator solution. $20 I think, and will last you longer than one of those stickers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fulloc Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 ive had ph issues with some terracotta but not all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr McFish Posted July 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 Might just put 1 in a bucket and test the ph in a few days to be safe. Would kribs lay eggs in a pvc pipe instead if the pot raises the ph to much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 Just make a rock cave. Thats what I use for all my cave spawners and they seem to prefer it to pots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 They should lay on a pvc pipe.. Or cruise under the bulls bridge (or the river over your way) and grab some flat rocks and silicone them together to make some cool caves and stuff, as long as you have something in your tank I am sure they will find somewhere to lay kribs aren't overly fussy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr McFish Posted July 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 Yeah I am just going to make a rock cave instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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