Do these PH swings look right?
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AquamanE
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TThat swings look fine. Ph will go high at night and lower during the day. Your deviation for the most part is 1.5 throughout the day. Nothing wrong with that. The overall numbers though are slightly low, bit I wouldn't chase it. Let it be if tank is looking good.
Now Temp- keep an eye on it. Your approaching high limits, your going higher than 82, 4 out of those 7 days. (And that running LED's... Hmmmmm)......
Now Temp- keep an eye on it. Your approaching high limits, your going higher than 82, 4 out of those 7 days. (And that running LED's... Hmmmmm)......
madweazl
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Increase at night? How does that happen when nothing is photosynthesizing?
AquamanE
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Yes. My bad. Highest in daytime.
canesfan44
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I agree with Eddie. Your pH is fine. It's a little lower than mine, but it's fine. It shows that it only swings about .25 throughout day and night, so that's not bad at all. Where I agree with Eddie the most is on temperature. I'd try to get it down a little. Temp can have a big effect on everything from pH and alkalinity to algae outbreaks. That being said, I had a 46g bowfront with a 250w MH and 4 39w t5s for about 6 years and the temp stayed between 80-83° and all my corals flourished in that tank. I wouldn't want it any hotter, but, just like everything else in this hobby, consistency is the most important part.
Jgoal55
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Thanks all.
Eddie, I think you got the temp and the PH mixed up. Temp is Red, PH is blue. Only had one day where temp went above 80, and that was a definite outlier. Not sure what happened there. Other than that, it's stayed between 77 & <79 all day.
See what I wrote to Eddie. PH is Red, Temp is Blue. This is why I am a little worried.
As for the health of the tank, what I have been struggling with for 3 years in this tank is an inexplicable sudden loss of certain corals/livestock. In this case an SPS I have had for over 3 months is suddenly showing RTN. All levels are fine except for my phosphates which were a tiny bit high (.07), but I'm so hesitant to blame it on that???
I noticed these PH swings, already knowing that my PH has always been low and was wondering.
AquamanE
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Yes...I see it now. That makes it a much better scenario for you.
I woudnt blame either of those for sps RTN.
Jgoal55
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Phosphates then maybe?
Really can't figure this out. This has literally been happening for three years. Always blamed sudden RTN on lack of maintenance, bit over the last few months I have been really on top of this tank. The phosphates may have been due to feeding some frozen food a little too heavily for a little bit trying to get a flasher wrasse trained (it worked).
Really can't figure this out. This has literally been happening for three years. Always blamed sudden RTN on lack of maintenance, bit over the last few months I have been really on top of this tank. The phosphates may have been due to feeding some frozen food a little too heavily for a little bit trying to get a flasher wrasse trained (it worked).
Jgoal55
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Tank has a canopy so don't think chemicals. Definitely not glass cleaner. I don't let that stuff near my tank. My hands don't touch my tank that often so doubt that's it.
Yes on Carbon. As for lights, run them only at 45% and whites are on only for about 4 hrs at less than 50%
