I had severe low PH issues (7.57) due to a tank being in my bedroom. I could tell from my Apex that my pH dipped even worse when we went to bed so I knew co2 had a part to play.
So I drilled my skimmer (vertex Omega 150 with air all the way open) line outdoors and now the tank runs constant 7.86 to 7.99. Which we all know is perfectly acceptable. Now we all also know "don't chase pH" but I can't find out why I'm not hitting 8.0-8.2 ranges like natural sea water. I also calmed down my surface agitation to almost nothing so I don't pick up room co2, made sure my probe was calibrated, my refractometers were calibrated, and tested my params.
So 1.026, 7alk, 450 cal, 1500+ mag (had an oops it's elevated), running in its current location 2 years but sand and most water was ditched in a move, currently bare bottom. I have no coral so I have nothing drinking ALK. I'm not currently dosing or using kalk as I don't need the parameters boosted. I just figured a tank with 2 fish and 2 anemones wouldn't have an issue running at NSW level PH.
I do plan on getting back into hard coral, so I'd like the increased calcification in the future if possible. I just don't know why this tank won't run 8.0+
Fuge is out of the cards unless I do a remote canister one.
So I drilled my skimmer (vertex Omega 150 with air all the way open) line outdoors and now the tank runs constant 7.86 to 7.99. Which we all know is perfectly acceptable. Now we all also know "don't chase pH" but I can't find out why I'm not hitting 8.0-8.2 ranges like natural sea water. I also calmed down my surface agitation to almost nothing so I don't pick up room co2, made sure my probe was calibrated, my refractometers were calibrated, and tested my params.
So 1.026, 7alk, 450 cal, 1500+ mag (had an oops it's elevated), running in its current location 2 years but sand and most water was ditched in a move, currently bare bottom. I have no coral so I have nothing drinking ALK. I'm not currently dosing or using kalk as I don't need the parameters boosted. I just figured a tank with 2 fish and 2 anemones wouldn't have an issue running at NSW level PH.
I do plan on getting back into hard coral, so I'd like the increased calcification in the future if possible. I just don't know why this tank won't run 8.0+
Fuge is out of the cards unless I do a remote canister one.