RussC
Active member
Tell me a little more about my PH...
My tank PH has never been above 8 for the young life of my tank-two month old. But its been very consistent between 7.8 and 7.5. It fluctuates very consistently throughout the day, following the temperature. Yesterday, however, it did something I've never seen it do.
I've got an alarm set to go off if it drops below 7.5. This buzzed at 11:30. At this time during the day the tank is usually at its lowest ph in the day because my light cycle comes on at 10am every day. But yesterday I got an alarm at 3:30 pm that my PH had dropped below 7.5. It normally has increased by this time. so this was out of the norm. I'm not one for "out of the norm." It peaks my curiosity. It continued to drop, bottoming out at 7.4 at 6:15pm before it began increasing again, topping out at 7.5, which is normally my low.
I've not liked my PH level. I would prefer it to be averaging around 8. These parameters are based on the PH probe with the APEX. Usually when I read the PH with the RED Sea Marine Care test I do get a little higher number. But that still doesn't explain the unusual change in pattern yesterday.
I checked my parameters...very good. I just don't have enough in the tank to consume my Alk and Cal so I stay very consistent with my two week water change schedule. My alk is very consistent at 9, Cal 460, Mag 1600, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate = 0, Salinity avg 35, ORP at 375 and consistently climbing until I do another water change (But that's always done that), Temp avg 77.
I have noticed in one of my two frags of zoanthids, it seems to be losing polyps. The other frag is growing. And my leather, branched hammer coral and trumpet coral just humming along. Good news is, about three days ago my brown algae bloom started to die. Its just about gone. I do have some hair algae, but its minimal.
So my curiosity has me here today. Thoughts on why this happened? What, if anything caused it? I've been very curious about my PH.
My tank PH has never been above 8 for the young life of my tank-two month old. But its been very consistent between 7.8 and 7.5. It fluctuates very consistently throughout the day, following the temperature. Yesterday, however, it did something I've never seen it do.
I've got an alarm set to go off if it drops below 7.5. This buzzed at 11:30. At this time during the day the tank is usually at its lowest ph in the day because my light cycle comes on at 10am every day. But yesterday I got an alarm at 3:30 pm that my PH had dropped below 7.5. It normally has increased by this time. so this was out of the norm. I'm not one for "out of the norm." It peaks my curiosity. It continued to drop, bottoming out at 7.4 at 6:15pm before it began increasing again, topping out at 7.5, which is normally my low.
I've not liked my PH level. I would prefer it to be averaging around 8. These parameters are based on the PH probe with the APEX. Usually when I read the PH with the RED Sea Marine Care test I do get a little higher number. But that still doesn't explain the unusual change in pattern yesterday.
I checked my parameters...very good. I just don't have enough in the tank to consume my Alk and Cal so I stay very consistent with my two week water change schedule. My alk is very consistent at 9, Cal 460, Mag 1600, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate = 0, Salinity avg 35, ORP at 375 and consistently climbing until I do another water change (But that's always done that), Temp avg 77.
I have noticed in one of my two frags of zoanthids, it seems to be losing polyps. The other frag is growing. And my leather, branched hammer coral and trumpet coral just humming along. Good news is, about three days ago my brown algae bloom started to die. Its just about gone. I do have some hair algae, but its minimal.
So my curiosity has me here today. Thoughts on why this happened? What, if anything caused it? I've been very curious about my PH.
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