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So I have minor issues with low pH. Nothing crazy as I fluctuate between a low of ~7.8 and a high of 8.1 (tracked via apex), so I probably shouldn't even worry about it. I just don't have the growth I think I should have and that's the only parameter that I think I can blame. Other note worthy params:
Alk - 10dKH (stable at this number using 2 part dosing and testing regularly with Hanna checker)
Calcium - 435 ppm (same stability as Alk ^^)
Nitrate - 1 ppm
Phosphate - 0.05 ppm (perhaps not enough?)
Magnesium - 1400
It's a 120 gallon tank (48*24*24), lit by two AI Hydra 52 HDs, with a 20 gallon sump (should upgrade this, I know). I recently hooked up a CO2 scrubber to my protein skimmer over the last few days and haven't noticed a huge jump in avg pH. Maybe .05, but that's about it. While researching this, I found an old post on a forum from way back in 2010 where someone was also struggling with pH. This person bought a peace lily and put it in the same room as their tank. They make it sound like they didn't make any changes and suddenly after adding the plant, pH stabilized closer to the desirable 8.3 number. I find it rather hard to believe, but figured it would be a fairly cheap and easy thing to try. Does anyone else have any experience with this or think it would actually work?
Alk - 10dKH (stable at this number using 2 part dosing and testing regularly with Hanna checker)
Calcium - 435 ppm (same stability as Alk ^^)
Nitrate - 1 ppm
Phosphate - 0.05 ppm (perhaps not enough?)
Magnesium - 1400
It's a 120 gallon tank (48*24*24), lit by two AI Hydra 52 HDs, with a 20 gallon sump (should upgrade this, I know). I recently hooked up a CO2 scrubber to my protein skimmer over the last few days and haven't noticed a huge jump in avg pH. Maybe .05, but that's about it. While researching this, I found an old post on a forum from way back in 2010 where someone was also struggling with pH. This person bought a peace lily and put it in the same room as their tank. They make it sound like they didn't make any changes and suddenly after adding the plant, pH stabilized closer to the desirable 8.3 number. I find it rather hard to believe, but figured it would be a fairly cheap and easy thing to try. Does anyone else have any experience with this or think it would actually work?