Need help with pH

[pony_killer]

Hey guys I was testing my water parameters this morning and I noticed that my pH was a little to high, or so thats what the test kit said. I believe it was somewhere around 1.022. What is the ideal pH supposed to be at and if mine is to high, how can I bring it down? Just water changes or should I add more RO/DI water?

 

[Billybeau1]

1.022 is your specific gravity. pH is a differant measurment.

Give this a read

Reef Water Parameters
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-05/rhf/index.htm

 

[pony_killer]

thanks for schooling me...now the question is how do i bring my pH down? its still to high.

 

[Warnberg]

ok I'm confused, ph and 1.022? What is the ph of your tank, 1.022 looks like a salinity reading to me not ph.

 

[pony_killer]

like i said i know that my salinity is 1.022 but my pH is high but I don't have a test kit that gives me the actual number. how can I bring the pH down...also by bringing it down will it harm any of my animals in the tank?

 

[Warnberg]

It will absolutely harm animals in the tank, it's called ph shock. What is you definition of high and if you can not test it how do you know it's high? I have seen reef systems running with a salinity reading of 8.3 and as high as 8.5.....

Not trying to beat you up here just trying to help and need more info in order to do that. Reef/marine systems ph is normally high.