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Open sump, so opening the canopy probably won't help much.
if at all possible, see that little tube on top of the silencer for the skimmer(that little red barrel that the red tube is connected to)? Connect an airline to that nipple, then run it outside and see what happens. Will take a good day to get any noticable results. Just keep that in mind, that it's not an instant thing. You have to rid the water of all the excess CO2 first.
Hey Homer, & everyone.
Homer gave a great suggestion about connecting an airline to the nipple of the skimmer and running it outside to get air, and removing the CO2 from the water. I have not done that yet, but he is definitely on to something. What I have done for 24 hours is open my living room window and kitchen window, and leave them open. Literally for the past 24 hours. Not only do I never leave them open at night, but I rarely open them at all lately. So my place has become a sealed off CO2 box for the past month, never opening a window, only time CO2 escapes living room where the aquarium is when I open front door to exit and return. Tonight the peak PH level should have been 7.92 or less like the previous nights at 2AM, but I reached 7.94 when the aquarium lights shut off for the night at 2AM. It used to say 7.92 was the max, now it says 7.94. I am now leaving the windows open for a 2nd day, and perhaps during the day I'll have less of a valley, and by tonight, I'll have a higher Peak yet again, perhaps I'll do 7.96 or more. Probably can't get past 8.0 unless I do the air tube thing for a direct flow, or this:
Universal CO2 Scrubber
Carbon Dioxide (CO2) can directly affect the pH of your aquarium, and with a low pH, corals may not grow as fast. Connecting a CO2 scrubber directly to the venturi on your skimmer along with CO2 absorption media you can control the amount of CO2 that is being sucked into your skimmer...
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Do you recommend this instead Homer? Is your idea a crude one, and I could just get this CO2 scrubber that is specifically for your idea to be max efficient?
Scary though 9 steps, I have little confidence in my installation skills:
How To Install A CO2 Scrubber For Reef Tanks
CO2 Scrubbers are designed to connect to a protein skimmer or some other piece of equipment that is currently introducing ambient air into your aquarium. The CO2 absorbing media in the scrubber will effectively strip and capture CO2 from that air that comes in contact with the media. In many cases,
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Pretty mind boggling that neither maintenance guy that I was paying $200-$300 a visit for, EVER suggested raising my PH by opening a friggin window at least!!!!! Probably because they use their junk test kits, which kept showing 8.2 PH, and 0.25pm phosphates. AFTER A YEAR OF WASTING A TON OF MONEY AND BEING SCAMMED BY TRENTON SMITH OF CRYSTAL DYNAMIC AQUARIUM, AND THEN HIS REFERRAL PATRICK MAYNARD, I CAN TELL EVERYONE - DO IT ALL YOURSELF!!!! $50 PER LAB TEST WITH TRITON, AND DO WATER CHANGES YOURSELF WITH SOME SALT AND RODI WATER AND HANNAH CHECKERS!!! UNBELIEVABLE HOW EASY IT IS COMPARED TO HOW OVERWHELMING IT SEEMED FIRST GETTING AN AQUARIUM.
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