Hi all,
As title say, I always had low pH. I think the causes are that I have an acrylic lid over my tank and also I never got myself a skimmer. The reason I went skimmerless is that I manage to keep nutrients low (actually so low that I got dinoflagellates) without it, just with the fuge.
Now. I measured pH in winter and was around 7.6-7.7. I thought it was due to windows being closed so I just left things the way they were. I measured it yesterday again, before lights went on and it is 7.8. I keep my windows 24/7 open in summer but it seems that the problem is not the indoor CO2 levels.
Kh was around 10 in winter and now I am keeping it around 7.5 (moved from black bucket to blue bucket).
I was reading that increasing oxygenation could help with pH. I have a lot of surface movement and a sump with an airstone running 24/7. Do you think this might not be enough?
What could I do in case to increase pH without getting a skimmer? would a skimmer pump alone work? or maybe I could run the airstone with a normal aquarium pump ?
As title say, I always had low pH. I think the causes are that I have an acrylic lid over my tank and also I never got myself a skimmer. The reason I went skimmerless is that I manage to keep nutrients low (actually so low that I got dinoflagellates) without it, just with the fuge.
Now. I measured pH in winter and was around 7.6-7.7. I thought it was due to windows being closed so I just left things the way they were. I measured it yesterday again, before lights went on and it is 7.8. I keep my windows 24/7 open in summer but it seems that the problem is not the indoor CO2 levels.
Kh was around 10 in winter and now I am keeping it around 7.5 (moved from black bucket to blue bucket).
I was reading that increasing oxygenation could help with pH. I have a lot of surface movement and a sump with an airstone running 24/7. Do you think this might not be enough?
What could I do in case to increase pH without getting a skimmer? would a skimmer pump alone work? or maybe I could run the airstone with a normal aquarium pump ?