high ph

[NYreefNoob]

ok yesterday when i got home my ph was at 9.3 it normally is at 8.6 and drops to 8.5 at night, didnt have water made up for water change so i added vinegar slowly over the night came home at lunch and ph seemed stable at 8.8 which is still high, then got home from work and it was at 8.7 but water is really cloudy. did a 5g wc and will do another tommorrow. now what effects do you think the vinegar will have on my tank. i am thinking it will kill off some of my coraline and help clean out some of the pumps, tank is 98% sps, 24g ap with 2 10g sumps one is a dsb tank.fish still seem ok and corals are opening up, rbta isnt though

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Make sure the probe is calibrated.

 

[Bob 1000]

What made you ad vinegar to your system??? Your probably killing good bacteria if

 

[tosiek]

So... whats causing the high PH anyways?

Whats KH? water params?

 

[NYreefNoob]

chief i cali probe twice when first put it in a month ago, part of my ac jr, bob vinegar lower's ph and i needed to get it down and didnt have water made up to do a large wc, i have a ton of pods, i add tiger pod's every other month. and the only thing's ive done different was last weeks water change i had to use tropic marin salt instead of redsea pro, also sunday i added potassium and iodide, which i have used since changing tanks and added chem pur a week ago, but this all just happened yesterday as far as ph spike, fish and corals seem to be ok eating ect

 

[House of Laughter]

between you and gnate, I am going to calibrate my probe.

Good luck.

House

 

[NYreefNoob]

:lol_large ill try to come down tommorrow

 

[cali_reef]

Test your water with a regular test kit.

 

[NYreefNoob]

ok did another 5g wc tonight, and it hasnt went down, it's staying at 8.78 guess ill mix up more water, tank volume with sumps is only about 30g all together and i change 5g 2 days in a row

 

[House of Laughter]

Rick, I recalibrated my probe and it was off by a whole .5 :banghead:

The Aquarium pharm test kits you used aren't the greatest but understand it's what you have.

You're welcome to borrow my PH kit anytime.

LMK and have a happy TG

House