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When I was in biology class in Florida it was actually marine biology, we worked in pairs and got to pick the fish we wanted to care for, Then we all started our own tanks.
Great detail and clarification on this issue.And you really made the case of having to work with the water you get instead of chemically making radial parameter changes. Jason, good job. You've greatly increased my appreciation of this hobby.
This video was awesome! I really appreciate the depth you went into to give us a better understanding of what is actually going on within our fishtanks in terms of PH! It's also super cool to hear, as a new view, that you're highly educated in biotech and chemistry! I can honestly say that your experience in the aquatic livestock trade and your extensive knowledge you've attained through your master's degrees make me trust you to the nth degree! Kudos for making such a badass life for yourself, bro! You've not only made me smarter, but you've inspired me! I'll be binge watching your vids in my free time for sure!
To be honest, i was hesitant to learn about PH because i was afraid it would be too involved, and i wouldn't understand it. This video put all those fears to rest, and i walked away knowing more than i did before. Thank you for the video!
You are an excellent and generous teacher. This blew apart the nebulous world of pH that I was vague about. Thanks so much and greetings from northern Australia.
This video was outstanding. I may have watched this before I was ready to absorb it all but I believe this round I have it. Just well done and not common to find this well done an explanation
Your videos are sooooo incredibly helpful; thank you so much. As a newbie in the hobby trying to set up my new tank (cycling with danios in), your videos have been monumental! I’m wanting to get the pH down from 8.2 (tank will eventually house corys, a pleco, danios and maybe guppies), and this video made everything clear! God bless you, and thank you again for sharing your knowledge 💙
Thanks for all the information about pH. Be careful with dehumidifier water. The byproduct of condensing water on aluminum pipes is amonia. About a week ago I measured the amonia level in the dehumidifier water from my furnace/AC, because I wanted to use it to lower the pH in my aquarium. It matched the highest level shown on my API test chart!
Thank you so much for your time and the education you have given us.. i really appreciate this.. after this video I feel like I've become a ph grand wizard
Thank you for the advice😊 . I just dosed my tank with Api ph down , as the ph is high in london and in my Aquarium at around 8 . I wish i hadn’t done it now after watching your video. Thanks for the warning to be careful with these products . Great video . I never did chemistry at school . You are an amazing teacher i will explore more gradual natural methods
Thankyou for making this vid. I really didn't understand pH as much as I thought I did, so you made a big difference to my knowledge of it - many thanks! It actually surprised me that you could make something that I thought really complex, into something I could almost understand properly - well, enough to make sure that my fish get the pH they need to be healthy and happy, anyway! Lol
Awesome review of my Bio class! I loved how you put this knowledge into perspective! I certainly hope to see more videos like this from this channel 👍🙂
I'm late to the party but this was very helpful, I didn't know PH was on a scale of 10X. I found this video after watching the Siamese algae eater video.
Great info on pH and simplistic enough for the layman to understand! Well done 😃 I am really enjoying the info you are providing on the science behind our aquariums, thank you!
Just using fluval stratum as my substrate brings my ph from an 7.8 to a 6. Had to add a little bit of crushed coral to balance. Would’ve left it alone but my mystery snails shells were starting to show signs of erosion. So far it’s helped and no chemicals necessary
So glad I clicked on this video. Very educational. Learned a lot. I’ve been out of the fish keeping hobby for a while now and this video is going to make getting back into it much easier. Heck, there wasn’t any internet last tank I had.
Fantastic! There are a lot of simplified biochem videos available which is great, a lot of people only want/need that, but I am really glad that you have this elaborate explanation. I'd love to see a playlist full of various aquarium chemistry "lectures." Being an academic, I'm probably in the minority, but I'm really thankful there's at least one channel laying it all out!
Off topic but given your background maybe a subject you would consider doing a future video on is to what degree do water conditioners such as Prime and Ultimate neutralize micro nutrients contained in fertilizers used for planted tanks? Both of these conditioners claim to ( Detoxify heavy metals ) and while there is some discussion on the web I have not found any actual data identifying the nutrients that are affected and to the extent the concentrations are reduced. Maybe it cannot be determined without knowing the chemical formulation of these conditioners but this has always piqued my interest.
Wow great video. Had a bunch of questions going into this video and now have all them answered by the End. You are a great teacher. Very Clear and understandable while still being very deep with all the Science.
I love watching your videos . Never went to college bc I had no interest in any of the usual careers but I always loved learning about biology or any type of science for the most part . Watching your videos is inspiring me to give it a shot 👍🏽 .
Gosh you are so good at explaining that... I have studied all these things but I used to hate chemistry and bio chemistry and I kind of have forgotten most of it .... I wish I had appreciated them more when I was a student ...
I remember hearing the term logarithmic somewhere but can’t remember where. Maybe precalculus class or statistics class? Maybe trigonometry? Not sure. But it rings a bell! Great video!
that was an awesome explanation. I've had 3 years of college level chemistry a million years ago and this was a brain cobweb buster. Thank you. We have a well and I'm dealing with pH close to 9, and soft water related to built in softener. I have a 180 gal Oscar tank, a 125 gal Barb tank with a 14" Pleco and a 20 gal tank with a couple loaches and a chinese algae eater. I'm trying to get the water stabilized to put some small fish, type yet to be determined, in the little tank, probably more Barbs. I'm pretty new at fish keeping, but I'm all in..... definitely learning a lot.
I already understood a lot of what you went over, but being led to embrace my tap water is a great idea! I also love the idea of using dehumidifier water. I'll try it very carefully. Our water is very high. Off the charts... literally. I've been trying hard to lower it, and keep it stable. My fish do seem happy, but it's been a multiple times a day effort. Thank you. :)
Excellent video I really enjoyed your explanations. Small point - you failed to mention the effect of Carbonate hardness (KH) and its effect on for example, how this acts as a buffer making it difficult when trying to make the water more acidic. Subbed you 👍
Professor, you probably don’t have time, but I think you should create a fish keeping course with all this info. I would pay for that. So appreciative of your expertise.
Way to go brother! You just took me to school! Basic is a new term and better understanding. I always said Alkaline, but that just means buffer capacity etc but in actuality the higher (Basic)
Thank you so much for this! I learned a lot! I like to go into detail, to really understand! Chemistry is by no means my my home territory and still I could understand because you explained it so well!
I just sent you a lengthy email about this. My tap is 7 but jumps to 8.2 as it gases off. I'm on a well. I'm trying to keep Discus. I've added an RO system to help drop ph. I realize though, stable ph is key.
@@PrimeTimeAquatics Thanks for the response. I appreciate you sharing your knowledge about the hobby. As I've stated before in previous comments, I'm always a student to the hobby. 🤙
I really appreciate the biology/chemsitry approach of your videos. I live in Kansas and have a well. I want to keep and potentially breed South American fish, but the pH of my present aquarium is 8.2. I’m working on getting reverse osmosis water and adding organic matter like peat moss and leaf litter. Is it not really possible to maintain a consistent acidic pH because alkalinity is more closely connected to high pH?
As you use more RO water, the alkalinity will come down. Once you balance the RO water and alkalinity you should be able to consistently maintain a lower pH.
Dude this video rocks, you rock. My interest in organic and biochemstry is what keeps me loving the hobby. Kuddos to being an educator especially if you're teaching chemistry. #iloveorganicchemistry #molecularbiology
Came here cause I did a test and my pH was super low 4.5-5 and was horrified. Feel a little comforted now. Because I know my fish are happy. Will slowly try to raise it though because I'm worried about long-term
Ya, at that level you might try to get it up into the upper 6s. You could try adding aragonite to a filter bag and see how that does. Just make the adjustments slowly.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Your explanation of the concepts (protons - electrons / Hydrogen - Hydroxide ions) and how it relates to PH made it very easy to understand. For those into planted tanks one nice addition would have been explaining how CO2 lowers PH.
Hi Jason, Nice video 👍 The question I have is as you said apistos and altums love lower pH levels such as 4.5/5 or 6, so in those lower ph levels will there be any beneficial bacterial growth or any bacteria alive in aquariums? Generally we say pH level should be 6.5 - 8 for BB to grow and make the N cycle.
