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01/15/2008, 06:28 PM
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PH jump to 8.78
I have a PH monitor on my tank. It always holds steady
at 8.38 to 8.5. tonight it reads 8.78. I
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01/15/2008, 06:37 PM
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How do the inhabitants look ? I ditched my pH meter years ago because the same thing used to drive me crazy but didn't bother the fish/corals. (They couldn't see the meter read out
 )First thing to check for is missing/dead livestock. Second is to confirm all equipment is working properly. Third thing is to recheck in the morning if there's no obvious distress in the tank. If it doesn't drop to the low end of the normal range your chemistry is probably getting out of whack. That can usually be resolved using chemicals and buffers (not my choice) or water changes (my preference)
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01/15/2008, 06:42 PM
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Do you callibrate it every now and then? My pinpoint instructions say once every 3 months.
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01/15/2008, 06:50 PM
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Pee in a cup, see what it reads.
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01/15/2008, 06:53 PM
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And to think of all the money wasted on reference solutions..............
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"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will spend all day in a boat drinking beer." Current Tank Info: 75G Tank, 29G Sump, 100lbs LR, AquaC EV-180, Iwaki MD-20RT return Tunze nano streams 4X54 t-5/Icecap Ballast & SLR's 2x110 vho actinic |
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01/15/2008, 06:53 PM
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I guess urine would be easier, but I think a real hardcore reefer would use blood!
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If the Reefs go, can we be far behind? Current Tank Info: 125 gal reef tank, 4 years old, work in progress(who's tank isn't)? |
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01/15/2008, 09:55 PM
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Quote:
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01/16/2008, 08:42 AM
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Another cure is a new 9V battery!
 Problem solved.
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