what gives?

the PH in my tank was high, so i read that you can put selterz water in to lower the PH. i put one bottle of selter water (ingredients carbonated , water) and the two domoin i had it the tank want belly up ,so i rush them out of the main and put them in the sump(it not hookup to my main yet) can someone tell me what happing

 

Is this a FW tank? Luna

 

saltwater . crap selter is only good for fresh

 

WC my friend and lots of it. Next time try vinegar. Did you lose anything? Luna

 

Like Luna said! but having high ph is better than low, how high was it?

 

nothing so far

 

PH was 8.6

 

8.6 is pretty high but is not bad, you r in good shape between 7.8 and 8.5
one decimal higher i don't think it makes much difference

 

update: after 50% water change everyone is doing great

 

8.6 is good.as ph means little anyways .. what is the DH level ? And club soda is just CO'2 the stuff we use to run a ca reactor.. it will lower ph as it exhaust the carbonates .. And if you arrived at the 8.6 from a liquid test kit ?? its a guess at best beats me why all worry so much about ph.. Its never stable and a open window to a degree of temp will move it.. as will sun light and fresh air. I used washing soda to keep mine at 9.2 plus for a month to try and burn out the byropsis algae oh the laundry washing soda is just pure sodium carbonate ..