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03/02/2007, 11:23 PM
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My ph is high!!!
Hi everyone!
I am new to the hobby about six months into it. I have a fifty five gallon reef tank, with a fourty gallon refugium. Today I checked my ph and it is 8.8. I was wondering what to do to get it in the zone? I'm looking for about 8.2, but I need help to figure out how to get it there. I've never had to deal with this, usually it is to low, so I end up adding a buffer. WHAT TO DO???? |
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03/02/2007, 11:35 PM
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03/03/2007, 12:39 AM
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How are you testing? Sounds to me like a testing error. Are you adding baked baking soda? That has a tendency to raise ph as well.
I would first check to see if the test result is valid. If your using a probe I would calibrate it and then retest. Regards, Pat
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03/03/2007, 12:54 AM
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Need to know the type of testing you are doing. Colormetric pH tests are known to be inaccurate. Have you been dosing anything?
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03/03/2007, 01:18 AM
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pure water = pH 7
baking soda = pH 8 washing soda = pH 9 calcium hydroxide = pH 12 sodium hydroxide = pH 14 this is why the pH8.2 buffer recipe calls for 6:1 baking:washing sodas
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