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Hi .. Just thought I would look for some input. I have a 4 foot, 50 gal tank. Running for about 6 months. Right now the tank has ... 2 Perc clowns, 1 Algae blenny, Xenia, Purple mushrooms, yellow polyps, Hairy mushrooms, Frog spawn, green polyps. (had a kenna tree but it melted away, don't know...

Thanks Chris ... That will give me a starting point, Wasn't sure where to begin. Appreciate it!! And Kaskiles ... I have no idea if the water companies buffers are getting through? Or if that would cause the problem. But an interesting thought, I will measure the Alk on my RO water and see...

for top off water, which isn't to much .. I am just dumping in straight RO/DI water (nothing added) So you don't think 7.8 some times 7.7 isn't to low?? That is quit drop from the recommended 8.4 If I just add some kalk to my top off .. how long will it maintain the PH .. I know you don't want...

Hi IslandCrow ... Yes I tried the air stone in a small amount of tap water, It did move up from .1 but when I tried running two air stones in the tank, it dropped the PH from 7.8 to 7.6. Also this is a issue with fresh made water .. Which I mix and airorate out in the garage (with plenty of...

I have calibrated the probe twice now .. and is fine (using pinPoint individual packets) So I think I am pretty safe in saying it is accurate. I really don't want to be adding anything, would think the salt mix would bring up the PH by itself. Could there be something in the water, that is...

maintnance hasn't been an issue ... only issue has been the PH Everything else has been fine. The tank never even cycled. But then I put 50 lbs of live sand and about 70 lbs of cured live rock in there at the begining.

I think it has always been this way .. I wasn't really aware of the issue until a hooked up the PH meter. I Also lost a couple fish a few months ago, for an unknown reason. Maybe the PH was runnig even lower at that time? Was using test kit for PH then, and didn't realize it was low.

Hi Chris ... I was thinking the same thing about maybe a Co2 problem in the tank .. So I experimented and put a couple air stones in the tank and let them run for a day, well it worked in the wrong dirrection .. my PH went from 7.8 to 7.6. I kind of panicked then, and did a 10 gal water change...

Thanks Chris .. I have read that artical. And does have some good info, but doesn't really give me an answer to my problem. The reasons and cures given there, don't fit my issue. Anyone know of any other reef message boards where I would get a bigger response? I know its summer so a lot of...

Got an update (for anyone that is following this subject) I added some Kent buffer last night ... next day the PH is still at 7.9 My Alk went from 2.84 to 3.94 my Ca went from non readable on the Salifert test kit to 470 The PH issue is really confusing me??? With an increase of 1.10 on the...

Sorry Mktplayer ... I thought you were recommending that I just do the same. The tank has been running 5 or 6 months. I have noticed in the archives that a lot of people had the same problem, and always seemed to be a 7.8 - 7.9 PH ... but no one posted what they did, if anything, to correct the...

Ok...No, more replies? Does everyone agree with MKTPLAYER, that I should just let it ride out, and wait for it to come together by itself?

Thanks for the replies guys .. Appreciate it!! Ok.. first the PH on the tank 7.9 is towards the end of the light cycle, it drops to 7.8 over night. I did the air stone thing, took out about a quart of water from the tank and ran a air stone in it for about an hour and a half. Put the probe in it...

Looking for some help guys, I have searched the forum looking for answers, but didn't work out for me. I guess the main issue here is my low PH .. The guy at the Aquarium store just told me to buffer, but most people here keep saying not to do this. Here are my water perm's "TANK WATER"...

Hi .. Hope someone can help me with this.. I am using a RO/DI system that I have had for years, and hadn't used for a long time. I replaced the carbon and DI cartridges, but am not sure if I need to replace the membrane? The TDS of my tap water is 378 and the TDS on my RO/DI water is 80 ... So...