you answered this yourself. dont chase ph. youre well within normal limits.
tbh the more i leave my tank alone, the better it does. the bad things happen when i try to screw around with stuff to make it "better".
CO2 Scrubber-should I get one?
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you answered this yourself. dont chase ph. youre well within normal limits.
tbh the more i leave my tank alone, the better it does. the bad things happen when i try to screw around with stuff to make it "better".
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I have the dual t-5’s up and running. The pH has climbed a little. I think the lighting is going to help. There’s plenty of time to tinker. Thanks to everyone for your help!
Reefcowboy
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I decided to make my own testing using a co2 scrubber, being I noticed my PH has dipped down to 7.7 at some days. I had a brand new 550 TLF Phosban reactor laying around and inspecting it closely I noticed it should work well for the purpose.
I checked the time when I put it online and followed a graph on my Apex’s Ph probe to see what I find. I found absolutely no climb on Ph and I loaded the full reactor with Co2 absorbing media.
The only time my Ph rised was when my DOS started dosing alk. Im mad at myself as I ordered more media from BRS before realizing I had some left for this test. I might return it as it showed useless to me.
Im thinking kalk is an option for a steady 8.3 but the hassle of its maintenance makes me wonder what other options I have?
I checked the time when I put it online and followed a graph on my Apex’s Ph probe to see what I find. I found absolutely no climb on Ph and I loaded the full reactor with Co2 absorbing media.
The only time my Ph rised was when my DOS started dosing alk. Im mad at myself as I ordered more media from BRS before realizing I had some left for this test. I might return it as it showed useless to me.
Im thinking kalk is an option for a steady 8.3 but the hassle of its maintenance makes me wonder what other options I have?
Want2BS8ed
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Then there has to be an issue somewhere else. What are your full parameters?
Reefcowboy
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Everything checks in fine. Salinity 1.025/ alk 8.0/450 Ca/1400 Mg. Nitrate and Phos are low too.
My Ph was 8.1 most of the days but at times it would drop to 7.68 so i figured would give the co2scrubber a try... its hooked to my skimz skimmer which is an air drawing beast so really not much to go wrong elsewhere
My Ph was 8.1 most of the days but at times it would drop to 7.68 so i figured would give the co2scrubber a try... its hooked to my skimz skimmer which is an air drawing beast so really not much to go wrong elsewhere
