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Hello all,
I'm currently debating what to do about my high PH in my tank. It has been peaking in the 8.5 range each day and only dropping at about 8.4 by the end of each night. I currently am maintaining a Alk of 8.6 via dosing of two part Soda ash and I suspect that is the cause of my PH woes, but I just don't really want to let my Alk drop and it does pretty quickly when I stop dosing.
My current idea is to use air stones to increase CO2 exchange and attempt to drive the PH down. I do have a protein skimmer though and I honestly have a hard time seeing how a air stone will make much a difference compared to that, but everywhere i'm reading is basically saying that High PH is almost always a CO2 deficiency and it needs to be balanced better with the atmosphere.
Thoughts?
Thanks!
I'm currently debating what to do about my high PH in my tank. It has been peaking in the 8.5 range each day and only dropping at about 8.4 by the end of each night. I currently am maintaining a Alk of 8.6 via dosing of two part Soda ash and I suspect that is the cause of my PH woes, but I just don't really want to let my Alk drop and it does pretty quickly when I stop dosing.
My current idea is to use air stones to increase CO2 exchange and attempt to drive the PH down. I do have a protein skimmer though and I honestly have a hard time seeing how a air stone will make much a difference compared to that, but everywhere i'm reading is basically saying that High PH is almost always a CO2 deficiency and it needs to be balanced better with the atmosphere.
Thoughts?
Thanks!