Outside air for skimmer. Expected results?

[jsker]

Just a FYI. Make sure your local government office is not spraying for insects with a fogger. I had my line outside, my tank had great PH. But also the system was slowly dying off. I took me a while to figure out what was causing the dye off. Once I did, I moved the airline up into the attic. Problem solved

One should also look a using a carbon scrubber to keep the pure of contaminates from outside.

 

[kilnakorr]

Did this because my PH was 7.7. After 2 days of skimmer pulling Air from outside, my pH is still 7.7 :( My alkalinity is 8.3… What to do ?

Just to update on what helped me/what my issue was.
My skimmer was simple a bit under sized, and my testing with a long hose to the outside had little to no results. Bottom line: skimmer is not running enough fresh air, to compensate for the gas exchange happening with the inside air.
I have since switch to a much bigger skimmer and a CO2 scrubber and Ph is pretty good now:

 

[jsker]

@Spicy Reef would this be the article you were referring to? Ph and the reef aquarium

 

[Spicy Reef]

@Spicy Reef would this be the article you were referring to? Ph and the reef aquarium

found it... The Aeration Test
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/ph-is-now-reaching-8-7-at-peak.977861/post-11253630and
https://www.reefedition.com/ph-and-the-reef-aquarium/

 

[jsker]

found it... The Aeration Test
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/ph-is-now-reaching-8-7-at-peak.977861/post-11253630and
https://www.reefedition.com/ph-and-the-reef-aquarium/

Thank you.