Am I setting my pH up for failure?

[Sniklefritz]

I converted my old reef tank into a planted freshwater tank a year or so ago after I had "quit" the reefing hobby. But surprise, surprise, IM BACK!!!

Anyways decided a few weeks ago to start a new nano reef and put it about 4 feet away from my planted tank which has Co2 injection roughly 12 hours a day. And now im starting to think having my reef so close to my Co2 injected tank might have been a bad idea...

What im hoping my saving grace might be, is that they're not in an enclosed room, they're in an open part of my entryway and the ceiling above where the reef tank is open and goes up to the 2nd floor.

I'm 2 weeks into the cycle and my ph sits around 7.7-7.9 throughout the day. I believe I remember reading in the past that pH will be lower during a cycle, so im not very worried about it being low right now, but im curios if anyone has done something similar and what their experience was.

TIA and Happy New Year!!

 

[Subsea]

I can’t see it making a difference. Consider getting a co2 meter if you feel that co2 in ambient air is high in the house.

 

[Sniklefritz]

You're probably right. A co2 meter could be a good idea!

 

[KrisReef]

Open a window! CO2 isn't a good thing to inject into your breathing space.

As far as the little tank, an airstone or skimmer fed with outside air could strip CO2 from the water and raise the pH in the reef.
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CO2 behavior is complex, shifting between gas, liquid, solid (dry ice), and a supercritical fluid state depending on pressure and temperature, with small changes causing significant phase shifts near its critical point. In the atmosphere, it acts as a greenhouse gas, mixing thoroughly despite being denser than air, with land and oceans absorbing much of it, though some can be released back. Biologically and medically, it can induce anxiety and panic in humans at elevated levels by displacing oxygen or triggering physiological responses.

 

[Sniklefritz]

Open a window! CO2 isn't a good thing to inject into your breathing space.

As far as the little tank, an airstone or skimmer fed with outside air could strip CO2 from the water and raise the pH in the reef.

Yea, we do constantly have windows open, not worried about in the house. But yea if need be ill run an airstone from outside like you suggested.