Ph boost for nano aquarium?

[starfishguy869]

Hello, could anyone tell me how to increase and maintain the ph of a reef tank? My tank sits at around 6-7 ph and ideally would like it to be 8-8.4. Everything I dose seems to have an affect, but the next day, it just drops again. Also, does anyone have experience with aquavitro oh boost? Because I think I will use that to raise my ph. My tank is 16 gallons so there isn’t a place for a co2 scrubber or calcium reactor.

 

[taricha]

If I had a small tank and wanted higher pH, I'd shift my alk supplementation to rely a little more on NaOH.

... but before we talk about changing what you do to your tank to raise pH, let's get a more plausible pH measurement than 6.0-7.0pH. That's very unlikely for a reef tank, and means that your pH measurement isn't giving you good info.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I agree that anything below pH 7.5 in a reef tank is very likely test error.