Like many of us, come winter time I have issues keeping my pH even close to 8.0. I decided to try out the BRS CO2 absorbent with an air filter attached to my skimmer so that the skimmer would be putting O2 and not CO2 into the water. I will post photos this weekend of the setup and keep track of my pH via graphs here as well so we can see how quickly and well the product works.
I will add a new graph and update to this post every Friday night.
10/8/11 - 10/15/11
I don't expect to see any results until Monday at the earliest.
10/15/11
as of 9:32AM EST, my pH dropped to 7.58. I turned my Alk doser off last night due to my newly acquired Hanna Checker saying my alk was higher than what I wanted. I believe this pH is due to no Alk being dosed during the night.
10/17/11
I woke up today for the 2nd straight morning of having a pH of 8.09 at 9AM. So far, the media is working well. It seems as though my pH hits roughly 8.3 by the time the lights go off.
10/20/11
Well, it is close enough to Friday. I will let the graph spek for itself. The media throughout the reactor is already turning purple though. I am hoping that the media will last longer than a month.
BTW, idk what the large increase on Sunday was about.
I will add a new graph and update to this post every Friday night.
10/8/11 - 10/15/11
I don't expect to see any results until Monday at the earliest.
10/15/11
as of 9:32AM EST, my pH dropped to 7.58. I turned my Alk doser off last night due to my newly acquired Hanna Checker saying my alk was higher than what I wanted. I believe this pH is due to no Alk being dosed during the night.
10/17/11
I woke up today for the 2nd straight morning of having a pH of 8.09 at 9AM. So far, the media is working well. It seems as though my pH hits roughly 8.3 by the time the lights go off.
10/20/11
Well, it is close enough to Friday. I will let the graph spek for itself. The media throughout the reactor is already turning purple though. I am hoping that the media will last longer than a month.
BTW, idk what the large increase on Sunday was about.
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