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High Ph in soft water!?

April 26, 2017high pH soft water

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High Ph in soft water!?

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Hello, Almost everything I have read concerning Ph and KH associate a high Ph with a corresponding high KH and visa-versa. However I have a high Ph and a low KH. Readings are vague because the test kits are so hard to read, (different shades of color that change depending on how you hold it, light it, etc) but safe to say that the Ph is between 7.2 and 7.8 and the KH is between 3 and 4 dKH. My general hardness is the hardest to test since the color change between red and green is hardly noticeable, but I think it is between 0 and 2 dGH. The same results are obtained in both the tank and the tap with only a very small difference. I have been trying to prepare my tank for Discus and Severum and want to lower the ph to 7. Peat is out of the question since I don’t want tea colored water, so I have been using a Jungle brand product called Correct Ph 7.0. My reason for choosin