Saltwater ph problem!!!!?
Im just beginning a saltwater aquarium. I bought 22 pounds of live rock and 20 pounds of carribasea live aragonite sand for my 20 gallon aquarium. Its been setup for 2 days now and the gravity is at 1.023 but the ph is at 7.8. I use reef crystals for my salt and the ammonia ia at the highest level and the nitrite is at 1.0. I even bought a additive ph buffer to increase the ph but after using it yesterday the ph has dropped from 8.3 to 7.8 so the buffer has proven not to work after initially raising the ph and now dropping it. What is the cause of the ph to be low and how can i permanently fix it?
You need your salinity to be at least 1.024 for starters 1.025 even better. Most of the micro life on rocks need at least this level to survive. Snails are very sensitive to this. Your salt is mixed so that when mixed to a level of 1.024 will give you a ph of 8.2 the ideal level. anything less than 1.024 will give you lower levels of trace elements. PH is light and therefor time of day sensitive. So if you test ph at the end of the day your tanks ph will be at its highest. If you test ph in the morning or in the early period of your light cycle ph will test the lowest. Always test ph at lights on and lights off to know what your highest and lowest ph levels are. You do not want to go below 7.7 or over 8.4 .
Never try to adjust PH> test alkalinity levels and make sure they are at least 8 DKH 9 DKH is a little better. As long as your Alkalinity is at these levels low PH is not a problem, and ph will not go over the safe HIGH level.
some good reading,http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-09/rhf/index.php
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