Path: utzoo!hoptoad!uunet!littlei!percival!bucket!patti
From: patti@bucket.UUCP (Patti Beadles)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: Re: I messed up
Message-ID: <708@bucket.UUCP>
Date: 21 Jan 88 04:36:29 GMT
References: <1975@s.cc.purdue.edu> <21580@yale-celray.yale.UUCP>
Reply-To: patti@bucket.UUCP (Patti Beadles)
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In article <21580@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> Ram-Ashwin@cs.yale.edu (Ashwin Ram) writes:
>In article <1975@s.cc.purdue.edu>, ai5@s (Vikram Lall) writes:
>> I was not here for 4-5 weeks, and when I got back, I found out that
>> the person feeding my fish had not changed the water.
>.  Check the pH too -- it's probably too high.
>Bring it down slowly if necessary.

A slight correction.  In an uncleaned tank, the pH would tend to drop.
If you're adjusting it by changing the water, it shouldn't make a big
difference.  If, heaven forbid, you're tossing in buffers without 
checking the pH first, it would.  (I'm hoping nobody would be that
stupid, but it never hurts to be sure.  :-)

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