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Any suggestions on how to achieve that? Or what could change that would reduce the aeration causing my ph to drop as it had been running in a great range. The skimmer doesn’t not have any obstructions and appears to be functioning. You can see the amount of surface aggregation. I haven’t added or removed any equipment.The test tells me the pH measurement is likely ok and the air is generally ok but the tank water is not aerated completely. More aeration will help.
Any suggestions on how to achieve that? Or what could change that would reduce the aeration causing my ph to drop as it had been running in a great range. The skimmer doesn’t not have any obstructions and appears to be functioning. You can see the amount of surface aggregation. I haven’t added or removed any equipment.
I do, it is not.Complete aeration of tank water is harder than people think.
Do you have a sump? is it closed?
For the folks that asked, tested my N&P 0/.03 just the way I like it
Oof is it though? haha, I’d rather discuss ways to improve aeration.Undetectable nitrate is a risk factor for dinos.
My no3 need ICP to be detected (the new Hannah can probably detect them) and I have no dino issues. I could write a book on why this like is, but i will avoid it... not everybody has dino issues with NSW type of residual nitrate levels.
In any case. I run multiple skimmers (for other reasons, but this too), huge surface flow and let my overflows tumble into the sump in larger pipes (noise is not an issue) all which help with aeration.
Still, the best thing to do is to exchange air, even the winter. People think that they somehow have to keep the windows open all of the time or otherwise let their homes cool off with long periods of outside air. It is just exchanging air. We have a 10k+ CFM whole house fan and just a minute every few days keep the co2 down to nearly exterior levels. Think of it like airing out your car after your nasty buddy cuts a fart... you just need to get that air out and fresh in and a few seconds can do this... not even long enough to cool off the rest of the things in the car and the air quickly heats back up and everybody is happy again. Even in the winter, my wife and kids can tell when we air out the house and there is benefits beyond the reef. If you never get behind on this, it is easy to keep up. If the high is over 20, then we do it.
If you really want to care about this, then a pH pen is cheap and reliable... better than a hobby test kit.
Did you change anything electrical near your pH Probe? If my heater shifts in the sump, and is on, it will mess with my Pinpoint Probe. The Cable is Shielded, but strong EMF Can defeat the Shielding. Try relocating the cable, cables crossing is okay, parallel cables is not okay.
Where do things like, iron, live rock, and bacteria fit into the picture? What changed? Green boring algae used to go bump in the night to us stick nerds so we drove nitrates down.
Low nutrients are a part of the ph issue?! How so? I have gha everywhere and a thriving fugue, I doubt my numbers are truly 0/0 even if they were reading it at that moment. When I test I find a varianceI'm sure many factors are involved. Many people smoke heavily and do not get cancer. In both settings, one needs to to look to many cases to see the effect. I'm pretty convinced that undetectable nutrients is a part of the puzzle, but I agree that it not a guarantee of a problem.
I used the Hanna pen as well, and I have 3 different probes I've tried (2 pinpoints & 1 Neptune). The Neptune probe I'm using now is a few weeks old, and it's what I also used when I did the aeration cup of water test which showed it rising. Happy to pick something else up if you have any recommendations?This is probably not the issue, but do you have something more reliable than a hobby grade probe to check this? Even a cheap pH pen? pH probe is one of the most unreliable pieces of equipment in the hobby. ...just wondering before you chase too much else.
Low nutrients are a part of the ph issue?! How so? I have gha everywhere and a thriving fugue, I doubt my numbers are truly 0/0 even if they were reading it at that moment. When I test I find a variance
Oof well shot, I guess soon enough I’ll have the evaporative coolers running and we’ll see if forced outside air across the tank does the trick.Good. I figured that you were covered, I have seen too many chase pH and spend a lot of money only to find out later that their probe was bad.
If your house is aired out, then I really don't have anything else to add. Sorry and good luck.
AEFW are somewhat cycle-ish. ...probably just a time for an upcycle in the eggs and hatchlings from a low a few months ago. AEFW can totally gain hold on totally healthy acropora.