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ReefMadScientist
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I have a ton of chaeto I will be selling. As soon as I get my bags through the mail I will be posting a for sale thread.
beaslbob
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Micros will help also but do cloud the water green. Great coral food though.
Yep macros like chaetomorphia from various sources.
Besides you probably mispelled macros anyway. Only one letter off. :xd:
FWIW I recommend you always measure pH just before lights off. If it is 8.4 or higher then you're probably ok.
If the before lights on ph drops below 7.9 then I would check alk and dos baking soda to maintain alk at 8 degrees or so.
But macros will get the before lights off up. baking soda will limit the nightly drop.
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I would not chase pH!
Never use a buffer (other then an alkalinity additive) to attempt to "fix" pH.
By maintaining proper alkalinity and calcium, your pH should be right where it needs to be. Do not add baking soda or soda ash to attempt to adjust pH. Only add these if your alkalinity is low. If needed, and your pH is on the low side, soda ash (sodium carbonate) is a better choice...again, not to raise pH, but to adjust alkalinity up.
If you have a CO2 problem, which is more common in the winter months with the house closed up, this could drive down your pH. You can reduce the impact of CO2 by running refugium lights opposite DT lights. This way photosysthesis is always occurring, sucking up that CO2. If that does not fix the problem, the next thing I'd try is to run a tube outside from my skimmer air pick-up. This will bring in fresh air to the tank, reducing CO2. That should really fix the problem.
As a last resort (and I would never do this), run a CO2 scrubber. Note that dependent on the level of CO2, you could be saturating the scrubber in a few days....so this could get extremely expense.
Bottom line.....I've seen absolutely beautiful tanks at pH's in the high 7's. If your pH is at 7.8 or above, don't worry about it. JMTC
Never use a buffer (other then an alkalinity additive) to attempt to "fix" pH.
By maintaining proper alkalinity and calcium, your pH should be right where it needs to be. Do not add baking soda or soda ash to attempt to adjust pH. Only add these if your alkalinity is low. If needed, and your pH is on the low side, soda ash (sodium carbonate) is a better choice...again, not to raise pH, but to adjust alkalinity up.
If you have a CO2 problem, which is more common in the winter months with the house closed up, this could drive down your pH. You can reduce the impact of CO2 by running refugium lights opposite DT lights. This way photosysthesis is always occurring, sucking up that CO2. If that does not fix the problem, the next thing I'd try is to run a tube outside from my skimmer air pick-up. This will bring in fresh air to the tank, reducing CO2. That should really fix the problem.
As a last resort (and I would never do this), run a CO2 scrubber. Note that dependent on the level of CO2, you could be saturating the scrubber in a few days....so this could get extremely expense.
Bottom line.....I've seen absolutely beautiful tanks at pH's in the high 7's. If your pH is at 7.8 or above, don't worry about it. JMTC
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