Hi all, I am day 13 of a fishless cycle. It's all looking good and I used a seeder stick of bacteria from a LFS that came highly recommended by my local facebook groups and reef organizations. The only issue is, since adding, my PH has dropped daily and now it is somewhere around 7.4-7.6 when it was at 8.4 originally. I have looked at so many conflicting research and opinions on how low is too low and if water changing it detrimental or a saving grace when the PH is low. I am using API to test, yes I know they are not the best but for cycling it gives a good idea and I plan to invest i better kits for ALK, phos, calcium, etc. I am attaching the data from my spreadsheet to take a look at. What should I do? Leave it? Water change? Use a buffer? I have seen so much conflict over when to/not to intervene on PH that I am stuck. It does not seem to be negatively affecting my cycle at all, but I figured I would put it out there and ask.
TIA
TIA