ph question

[bang guy]

Originally Posted by evanjah
http:///forum/post/2893323
also i have a fowlr tank not a reef so is my calcium and alkalinity high? with the parameters specified should corraline be growing?
Yes, unless you are adding a buffer. You need to stop raising your Alkalinity or you're going to crash your tank.
With Calcium and Alkalinity already high every time you add more alkalinity it will just end up precipitating out of solution and taking some Magnesium with it. This lowers PH and stresses the tank. It's your tank and you can do with it as you like but I'm begging you to stop raising your Alkalinity with that buffer.
Set the buffer down and back away. It should only be used when Alkalinity is low.

 

[evanjah]

I will leave the buffer alone, but how do i go about dealing with ph?

 

[bang guy]

Originally Posted by evanjah
http:///forum/post/2893742
I will leave the buffer alone, but how do i go about dealing with ph?

It's probably Excess CO2 or rotting detritus.
How does everything look?

 

[evanjah]

everything looks wonderful, but if it was detritus wouldnt my nitrates be high. Maybe it is c02. What if i hooked up an airpump to my protein skimmer? to try to get more oxygen in tank and it will over take c02?

 

[evanjah]

any ideas?

 

[bang guy]

Have you eliminated the possibility of a bad test kit?
What's the model of your skimmer?

 

[evanjah]

its an electronic ph tester just calibrated, my skimmer is a red sea prizm. Not the greatest but for a novice prolly good enough. The ph is the same thruout the day

 

[bang guy]

Originally Posted by evanjah
http:///forum/post/2893983
its an electronic ph tester just calibrated, my skimmer is a red sea prizm. Not the greatest but for a novice prolly good enough. The ph is the same thruout the day
What is the model of the skimmer? Is it the skimmer for "up to 40 gallon"?

 

[evanjah]

my skimmer is rated for up to 90 gallons, and my tank is 92 so only slightlyt undersized