ph/alk

[pimp2daizzo]

okay, so the past few weeks ive been having truble getting my ph and alk to to get stable. for some reason it will get back to 8.2/8.4 and with in a few days will fall back down in to the 7s and alk dosn't want to go past 6dkh and will fall to 4 or 5..

right now im dosing a&b every other day and kalk every night i keep it from moving and it seems to be working, but why is this happing out of no where?

my mag is 1300
and cal is 400

 

[pimp2daizzo]

bump?

 

[flyyyguy]

first, stop thinking you need to dose anything in order to manage your ph levels

You dose to manage your alk........ period. If you try to manage your ph by dosing you are just going to be messing with your alkalinity levels

Your ph is almost always a result of how much surface agitation you have and how much fresh air is in the room. Its all about co2/oxygen exchange

 

[pimp2daizzo]

its a open top system could that have anything to do with it?

 

[chuckreef]

I would manualy bring the alk up to seven or eight with baking soda.
Then start considering stability.
At those values, things (i.e, pH and CO2 level) would tend to be less stable.

 

[pimp2daizzo]

ive been dosing kalk to bring my alk up, but im scared to do baking sode....do you guys think my 2 parts could have gone bad? it may have froz im not rly sure how called it got down there where i keep it