Hello,
I wanted to get some advice about my PH and what I need to do if I have to lower it. The tank, a RedSea Reefer 250 (60 gallons) is about 10 months old. Earlier I was running 2 Kessil A360 led. I recently changed to a 250 W MH with T5. Parameters are ALK 7.5, Cal 480, Mg 1300 No3 2 ppm Po4 0.2 ppm.
I dose Aquaforest component 1,2,3 using a doser.
The tank being fairly news has mostly Acropora Frags and 3 small Clams. Lightly stocked in terms of Fishes. But Alk usage is fairly high ( about .8 to 1 dkh used in 24 hours)
When I used to run LED till a month ago my PH was in the 8.0 to 8.2 range. I used to carbon dose using Nopox daily 6ml and run DR Tims NP Bio-pellets. Ever since I switched the lights over to the MH my PH has climbed to 8.63 during the day and 8.24 in the night. I did not stop using Nopox initially and still saw the high levels of PH. But last few days my Nitrates , Phosphates dropped to close to Zero so I have had to stop the carbon dosing and dose nitrates and phosphates ( Seachem flourish nitrogen and Phosporous).
I have not modified my flow or added new pumps or wavemakers.
At this point I am running my Skimmer 24 hours ( as I always have). I am not running any reactors at this point. I run a 11 W UV and carbon in a bag.
A couple of days back I setup a small ( 7 gallon) Chaeto refugium.
Do I need to reduce my PH by adding CO2 ? If so whats the best way to do that ? I do not want to invest in a calcium reactor as I am happy with the 3 part dosing.
The spike you see below to 8.8 one of the days is when I calibrated my Apex Neptune PH probe because I thought my probe had lost calibration. But the high PH was noted even after calibration.
I wanted to get some advice about my PH and what I need to do if I have to lower it. The tank, a RedSea Reefer 250 (60 gallons) is about 10 months old. Earlier I was running 2 Kessil A360 led. I recently changed to a 250 W MH with T5. Parameters are ALK 7.5, Cal 480, Mg 1300 No3 2 ppm Po4 0.2 ppm.
I dose Aquaforest component 1,2,3 using a doser.
The tank being fairly news has mostly Acropora Frags and 3 small Clams. Lightly stocked in terms of Fishes. But Alk usage is fairly high ( about .8 to 1 dkh used in 24 hours)
When I used to run LED till a month ago my PH was in the 8.0 to 8.2 range. I used to carbon dose using Nopox daily 6ml and run DR Tims NP Bio-pellets. Ever since I switched the lights over to the MH my PH has climbed to 8.63 during the day and 8.24 in the night. I did not stop using Nopox initially and still saw the high levels of PH. But last few days my Nitrates , Phosphates dropped to close to Zero so I have had to stop the carbon dosing and dose nitrates and phosphates ( Seachem flourish nitrogen and Phosporous).
I have not modified my flow or added new pumps or wavemakers.
At this point I am running my Skimmer 24 hours ( as I always have). I am not running any reactors at this point. I run a 11 W UV and carbon in a bag.
A couple of days back I setup a small ( 7 gallon) Chaeto refugium.
Do I need to reduce my PH by adding CO2 ? If so whats the best way to do that ? I do not want to invest in a calcium reactor as I am happy with the 3 part dosing.
The spike you see below to 8.8 one of the days is when I calibrated my Apex Neptune PH probe because I thought my probe had lost calibration. But the high PH was noted even after calibration.