How to increase ph?

[Valsurf97]

I’m not really sure why it’s dropped so low, it’s been typically sitting around 7.8 but it seems to have a taken a dive recently. I’m a little new to this so any help would be much appreciated!

 

[TangerineSpeedo]

First thought, probably needs recalibration. Unless you have a ton of Co2 in your house.

 

[Valsurf97]

First thought, probably needs recalibration. Unless you have a ton of Co2 in your house.

We did have a small house party tonight, maybe that’s what threw things off then. also do you think it would have come out of calibration over night? It seemed like it was working well for the last few days.

 

[ReefQuestCorals]

We did have a small house party tonight, maybe that’s what threw things off then. also do you think it would have come out of calibration over night? It seemed like it was working well for the last few days.

That will do it, the amount of co2 would have tanked your ph with the amount of people in the house. You can open a window if possible to help raise your ph back up

 

[Valsurf97]

We did have a small house party tonight, maybe that’s what threw things off then. also do you think it would have come out of calibration over night? It seemed like it was working well for the last few days.

That will do it, the amount of co2 would have tanked your ph with the amount of people in the house. You can open a window if possible to help raise your ph back up

Okay I’ll give that a shot, if not are ph buffers something worth trying?

 

[ReefQuestCorals]

Okay I’ll give that a shot, if not are ph buffers something worth trying?

You should see an increase with fresh air coming into the house to lower your co2 levels. I dont like adding buffers, I feel you can easily create more issues with a larger swing that way. Your tank will normalize after everyone leaves so worst case leave it alone and monitor. But I think your tank will enjoy some fresh air and you will see the ph starting to rise again

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

A buffer is just an alkalinity supplement. It’s never a good way to deal with low pH unless alk is also very low.

I’d be a bit surprised if pH 7.4 is accurate, even with guests. It would require the indoor CO2 to be very high.

If it does not come back to normal, there are numerous ways to deal with low pH and/or pH measurement issues.

 

[DylanE]

I recently added a co2 scrubber to my skimmer intake and am very happy with my pH results. Got everything for like 40 bucks.

 

[VintageReefer]

I recently added a co2 scrubber to my skimmer intake and am very happy with my pH results. Got everything for like 40 bucks.

Can you dm me the parts list / instructions?

 

[DylanE]

Can you dm me the parts list / instructions?

Done

 

[Valsurf97]

I recently added a co2 scrubber to my skimmer intake and am very happy with my pH results. Got everything for like 40 bucks.

Hey if you could send me that as well, I’d be interested. It sounds alot cheaper than what I’ve seen online.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I think all you really need is an ro /di filter canister and some tubing.

 

[DylanE]

Amazon.com

Amazon.com

https://a.co/d/7AgJpPI

Amazon.com

Those are the Amazon links to what you’ll need. You fill the filter canister with the soda lime and install into the media canister. I left the input empty, installed the hose barb on the output. I then connected a vinyl hose I had from the output to the intake of my skimmer. The air goes into the canister, out the hose and then gets used by the skimmer. Does that make sense?

 

[DylanE]

I think all you really need is an ro /di filter canister and some tubing.

Thats exactly what I did