Just tested my ph in my display tank. It is reading in at 7.7 how would i increase the ph to a good level.
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You need to test your pH near the beginning and end of your photoperiod and on multiple days to really know the true range.Just tested my ph in my display tank. It is reading in at 7.7 how would i increase the ph to a good level.
And 7.7 is not necessarily "bad"Just tested my ph in my display tank. It is reading in at 7.7 how would i increase the ph to a good level.
My fish seem to be breathing heavier than normal but my inverts seem to be fine.It might help to figure out what is lowering it first. My pH used to hang around the same level and I found the CO2 level in my house to be the culprit. I added a CO2 scrubber and I hang at 8.1-8.2 now. I had trouble with dosing anything just for pH because of it's tie to alk. Any additive made a change to alk levels as well and ultimately was only temporary.
How is everything in the tank? If everything is doing well maybe just monitor your pH level and the tank inhabitants for a while. It may be fine where it is.
Hold on ill test all my parameters and show them.
I realize that nitrate is high but my inverts are doing fine and so is my coral.View attachment 3038746View attachment 3038748View attachment 3038749
These are the ones i did for now, i can do phosphate and others when i get home from work.
Like Randy said, also what works really good is range hood that pumps air outside . Erv/hrv system also can be added to the houseI would not be sure it is accurate, but there are many ways to raise it if needed. These include fresher air to the room, fresher air to a skimmer inlet, more photosynthesis, a CO2 scrubber on a skimmer inlet, and high pH alk additives.\
How did you measure the pH, when did you measure it (time of day) and how did you calibrate it?
Alkalinity is probably the most important parameter to know in this case...View attachment 3038746View attachment 3038748View attachment 3038749
These are the ones i did for now, i can do phosphate and others when i get home from work.
How is your gas exchange?My fish seem to be breathing heavier than normal
I dont know about gas exchange and i do not have a hospital tank. I will see abiut getting an alkalinity test kit.Alkalinity is probably the most important parameter to know in this case...
Is this a quarantine/hospital tank that's currently being treated with copper?
How is your gas exchange?
Why are you testing copper?I dont know about gas exchange and i do not have a hospital tank. I will see abiut getting an alkalinity test kit.
I do not know, i just thought it might be important at some point.Why are you testing copper?
Do you have a skimmer running? Do the powerheads push water toward the surface of the water? Gas exchange is accomplished by allowing the water to make contact with air...I dont know about gas exchange and i do not have a hospital tank. I will see abiut getting an alkalinity test kit.
I do not have a skimmer running and i will aim my flow and powerhead directly at the top of the water when i get home, i am looking into getting an airstone that will stay in the tank permanently.Do you have a skimmer running? Do the powerheads push water toward the surface of the water? Gas exchange is accomplished by allowing the water to make contact with air...
Ok, i will only use this one from now on.I really wish you would have posted all the information in your other thread about your fish dying, etc... Or better yet, not added this thread.
It's almost impossible to help if we only have 1 piece of the puzzle (and the rest are in another, active, thread!)