ShoniNikki
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I'm sorry to ask this here but I need serious help quick my ph has dropped clear down to 7.4 and my fish are in distress
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open the windows,do you have any clue why it dropped?
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I moved this to a new thread.
You will ALWAYS get faster attention with a new thread than attaching to something like the Chemsitry Question of the Day since I might not check it at all for a day or more since it isn't requiring responses.
So as to the pH, I think pH 7.4 is unlikely to be accurate unless the alkalinity is very low, but can you describe the tank?
Is it a reef tank?
Have you measured the alkalinity?
How are you measuring pH?
Do not do a knew jerk buffering response as it may make things worse if the measurement is an error or alkalinity is already OK.
What sort of distress from the fish?
You will ALWAYS get faster attention with a new thread than attaching to something like the Chemsitry Question of the Day since I might not check it at all for a day or more since it isn't requiring responses.
So as to the pH, I think pH 7.4 is unlikely to be accurate unless the alkalinity is very low, but can you describe the tank?
Is it a reef tank?
Have you measured the alkalinity?
How are you measuring pH?
Do not do a knew jerk buffering response as it may make things worse if the measurement is an error or alkalinity is already OK.
What sort of distress from the fish?
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