Is my PH sufficient?

[alex277]

I am currently coming off of cycling velvet out of my tank, getting ready to start stocking again. I currently only have fish, no coral, but looking to start adding coral once I get some more fish added back in. I seem to have a consistent issue keeping ph “high” though, and wanted to know if this is fine before I start adding in coral. I currently am generally around 7.8, occasionally get a reading of 7.7; is this fine? I was also wondering if the ph will raise once I have growing coral due to photosynthesis, and if so, how much I should expect this change to be? I use pro reef salt and keep salinity at 1.025. I was also curious, because I plan on adding a few softies, do they NEED higher ph like stony coral do? They don’t calcify, so I wasn’t sure? I could maybe add those in first, and try to get the ph raised a little from photosynthesis from them, before adding in the LPS.

 

[Uncle99]

78 is just fine, don’t waste your time with that.
Work the other parameters and forget PH.

What you can do is ensure good water movement, skimmer running, (outside air to skimmer if easy) macro-algae if you can, these things help elevate PH, no need to play with it IMM.