Keeping PH up

[fishnugget]

When I wake in am ph is 7.8. at end of day ph is 8.2.

How can I keep ph up to 8.2-8.3 all the time?

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

The cause is excess CO2 in the water, if alkalinity is normal or higher. More fresh air in your home will help, as could using limewater as you calcium and alkalinity supplement. Aeration alone may also bring up the low end. The article below shows how to diagnose the situation with an aeration test.


Low pH: Causes and Cures
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-09/rhf/index.htm

[fishnugget]

By limewater, do you mean pickling lime powder?

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Yes, dissolved into fresh water. Sometimes it is sold to hobbyists with the German name kalkwasser.

This article has more:

What Your Grandmother Never Told You About Lime
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-01/rhf/index.htm

[rbursek]

We all LOVE you Randy!!!!!!!! But do EVER take a break from here??????

[Veni vidi vici]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12313768#post12313768 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by rbursek
We all LOVE you Randy!!!!!!!! But do EVER take a break from here??????
No breaks for Randy...i still have lots of things to screw up yet.

[submytion]

I drip about 1 gallon of limewater at night. Does great and keeps the PH and calcium up. Just don't drip to fast. 1 drop every 5 seconds.

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

No breaks for Randy...i still have lots of things to screw up yet.

:D

Spring break for the kids is just around the corner, and our lake house is calling me. :)

[Veni vidi vici]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12317522#post12317522 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Randy Holmes-Farley
No breaks for Randy...i still have lots of things to screw up yet.

:D

Spring break for the kids is just around the corner, and our lake house is calling me. :)
OHHHHH! Well you deserve a break .We should all chip it and get ya something for you vacation.I have no money because i invest all my extra into this hobby at the moment ,but i do have a box of Pickle Crisp i could send .:lol:

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

:lol:

Happy Reefing. :)

[gotfrogs]

Randy, right now I am dosing Calcium Chloride and Sodium Carbonate with a liter meter III. My pH is a little lower than I would like; it ranges from 7.95ish to about 8.24. My alkalinity is fairly high at about 10 dKh.

Would adding a kalk reactor with with calcium hydroxide (and cutting back on my 2-part) help me raise my pH?

[gotfrogs]

I got the reactor. Should it help drive my pH up?

[bertoni]

The reactor sometimes helps quite a bit. I'd give it a shot, although I prefer dosing hand-mixed limewater.