Quote Originally Posted by Deadeye
those look great;; i hope i can do as well. how many fish do u have in the system? ive had the 2 gold fish for a week now and the amonnia is only at 25ppp so far.. I was woundering .. my ph is at 8.2. any ideas on bringing it down?
Your pH will begin to slowly drop after your system cycles. That will probably take 3 or 4 weeks until that starts to become evident If I were you, I wouldn't mess with trying to adjust it now. A pH of 8.2 is actually good for establishing the nitrifying bacteria in the cycling process.