Precipitation help

[liberpete]

Okay I mest up. My tank is cloudy ( Precipitation ) And I need to fix it.
I only Have 13 gal of salt water for a water change on hand will this fix it. I was trying to get it from a fowlr to reef. Now I think I’m going to say with fowlr
Tank is 110 gl sump 20 gl

[frank2926]

you need to test your PH. You need to get it under 8.5
White vinegar will lower your ph But without a PH monitor it would be dangerous to do.

I would start with doing a water change

[liberpete]

so 5 gl tonight and another in the morning? will this help. Right now the ph is 8.96
very new to saltwter as you can see
thank for the repy

[liberpete]

oops ph is 7.96

[Whisperer]

I would let the process of precipitation complete itself and let the dust settle. Suction as much precipitate as you can and replace with new salt water. Do you trust your pH meter? Is it properly calibrated?

[liberpete]

how long dose this take to wosk it self out?
The ph meter is new and cal it with 7 and 10. Sounds better then droping it to 8.5
I open the window the other day when it was cool the ph did go up to 8.24 I have a chiller on the tank, But can't sleep at night with the temp going up in Fl.
Thanks

[tmz]

Let it settle out and remove as much precipitate as you can as noted above. The ph spikes then the precipitation brings it down. Any damage that was to accurr has already happened.
BE carefull of your dosing untill you can be sure of your measurements.