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parasite
Fri Oct 22, 2004, 10:01 AM
ive heard of people using shell grit to increase KH to keep ph stable , has anyone used this method and how effective is it ??

cheers

weird
Fri Oct 22, 2004, 10:33 AM
I would not think this would have a place in a discus tank.

flukes
Sat Oct 23, 2004, 01:52 AM
It will also raise your ph most use this in marine or african tanks.

parasite
Mon Oct 25, 2004, 12:01 AM
I would not think this would have a place in a discus tank.


in a reply to a post "do i really need to test pH"

... anyhow I have tried buffering it this weekend with shell grit.

weird
Mon Oct 25, 2004, 12:17 AM
This is in a community ... no discus. I have 3 tanks at home, 2 discus , 1 community ... soon to have anoth tank ... lol.

parasite
Mon Oct 25, 2004, 12:23 AM
ur using it to buffer which is what my question was :lol: :lol: