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10/24/2017, 08:11 AM
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Last night it increased to its highest point at 7.8. Started this morning with a slightly open window. PH never got below 7.6 overnight. I suspect we'll see it exceed 8 today. Been interesting to watch.
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10/24/2017, 11:12 AM
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I've even thought of PH for a while but i learned long ago to just stop chasing it if everything seems happy. I just worry about alk, ca, mag now of days lol.
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10/24/2017, 12:39 PM
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Aren't you just a little bit curious? 
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10/24/2017, 12:59 PM
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10/24/2017, 01:05 PM
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This would probably drive some people crazy. I even have a CO2 scrubber and the room co2 is 745.
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10/25/2017, 08:02 AM
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Curiosity has been driving this indulgence. Its been fun.
So I left my window cracked all day yesterday (7am - 7 pm) and my PH rose to its highest point ever at 7.9. I closed my window about 7 ish. This morning it was at 7.6. Back to normal, really. Very interesting. So now I did something else to try and see how things react today. I'm not opening my window and I extended the air intake of my skimmer with a hose so that its pulling air from outside of the sump area. I'll be interested to see if this makes any difference at all. I did notice on my air intake with my skimmer it offers two intake sources of air. One of the intakes is capped off. I've not opened that, but figured it might be there as an option for this very reason. Its a reef octopus 150 Regal skimmer. Ill see how the PH reacts with this tube I've extended. Then I think I'll uncap the second air tube on the skimmer intake and see what happens.
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10/26/2017, 02:50 PM
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Update: The hose extension I ran from the air intake on my skimmer to the outside of my tank did increase the PH. It was slight, not near as much as having a window open, but the increase was noticeable and has remained consistent. I'll take it. I'm going to let things run like this for a couple weeks. Then I will try and open the second, capped off intake on the skimmer just to see what happens.
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10/27/2017, 01:59 PM
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Just be careful if you spray anything outside or have a lawn treatment service. You could poison your tank
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