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I'm trying to raise my Ph. It's not too bad but I know i should be able to do better.
I've got a 180gal SPS dominate reef. My Ph only gets up to about 8.12 - 8.15 or so with a night time low of about 7.24 - 7.75
I added a Co2 scrubber. No big boost in Ph.
I added kalkwasser. No big boost in Ph.
I dose B-ionic 2 part. I've come down from 30ml a day to 15ml a day now that I've added the kalkwasser. I dose just over a gallon of saturated kalk a day. 180ml 21 times a day and 100ml 3 times a day at peak Ph time for my reef which is about 6pm to 9pm.
I thought it might be a Ph probe problem so I got a new Ph probe and calibration fluid.
I calibrated the new probe and recalibrated the old one...
Probes are reading accurately.
I still can't get my ph up to where I want it.
I can't figure out what's keeping it capped pretty much at 8.12 or so.
Co2 not really providing the boost I was looking for and neither is the kalkwasser.
I tested the kalkwasser water and it's ph is 12.5 so I don't understand why the reef doesn't get above 8.12 - 8.15
What could be going on?
I've got a 180gal SPS dominate reef. My Ph only gets up to about 8.12 - 8.15 or so with a night time low of about 7.24 - 7.75
I added a Co2 scrubber. No big boost in Ph.
I added kalkwasser. No big boost in Ph.
I dose B-ionic 2 part. I've come down from 30ml a day to 15ml a day now that I've added the kalkwasser. I dose just over a gallon of saturated kalk a day. 180ml 21 times a day and 100ml 3 times a day at peak Ph time for my reef which is about 6pm to 9pm.
I thought it might be a Ph probe problem so I got a new Ph probe and calibration fluid.
I calibrated the new probe and recalibrated the old one...
Probes are reading accurately.
I still can't get my ph up to where I want it.
I can't figure out what's keeping it capped pretty much at 8.12 or so.
Co2 not really providing the boost I was looking for and neither is the kalkwasser.
I tested the kalkwasser water and it's ph is 12.5 so I don't understand why the reef doesn't get above 8.12 - 8.15
What could be going on?
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