How’s your PH now that the windows are shut up tight

[Cpage101]

Mine is so far so good lots of surface breaking water agitation and high turnover.

 

[afboundguy]

Mine went down and I have to hook back up the CO2 scrubber to the skimmer intake pipe to help offset the drop.

 

[BiGGiePauls33]

My windows have been shut all year, pH is low but plan on someday adding the kalk reactor, when that will be I have no idea.

 

[SteveDola]

Mine was running about 8.4+ during the day when windows were opening but now Im running at 8.2+ and getting low at 7.9 at night. Im thinking of adding a heat recovery exchanger vent in the room to help with recycling the air.

 

[luu78]

Hi, anyone dosing vinegar as carbon source with a high bioload? If so, what is your pH range?

 

[Cpage101]

I dose 24 ml of vodka a day. I also run a calcium reactor.

 

[Kens Bees]

It’s a process

 

[Reefried]

I have no idea. I have never once measured PH in my tank. I would assume it’s lower!!

 

[jayteerq]

7.6

 

[SueAbu]

Can't get it over 8 without the alk in the double digits! Thanks for bringing up THIS painful topic!!! Ha ha ha

 

[Cpage101]

Can't get it over 8 without the alk in the double digits! Thanks for bringing up THIS painful topic!!! Ha ha ha

do you k ow your room Co2 levels. my living room is about 750 when nobody’s in it if my wife and I are in there, it will get as high as 11 to 1200 doesn’t seem to suppress my pH too much. Of course when I have family gatherings for the holidays that’s a whole different story

 

[Cpage101]

It’s a process
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sure is. How’s the new tank going along?

 

[Kens Bees]

sure is. How’s the new tank going along?

It’s going well. New growth on SPS frags is unbelievable. LPs like a big elegance coral began to open much better after a few weeks with the new lights also. I’m running Hamilton 10k bulbs and really like them. The halides are 15” off the water right now. Once I get them to a full 8-9 hours a day I plan to start dropping them lower. I get about 200 par on the bottom of the 24” deep tank now. Halides really give a different look, and I’m digging it. Shopping for clams now!

 

[SueAbu]

do you k ow your room Co2 levels. my living room is about 750 when nobody’s in it if my wife and I are in there, it will get as high as 11 to 1200 doesn’t seem to suppress my pH too much. Of course when I have family gatherings for the holidays that’s a whole different story

I don't know the ambient level. Perhaps it's why I always have a headache. There's never a consistent level because we sleep opposite and may be 1 dog or 2. All I know is don't use kalk to regulate pH unless you want alk over 14.

 

[Cpage101]

@SueAbu this is with 7 people in the room with the tank pretty substantial dip in my nightly PH due to the# of people in the room.