[Tripod1404]

pH is not your issue. People are making too many assumptions about pH, what ever way you prepare your salt mix, it will have a pH at about ~7.7 in the room your tank is found. Dot try to chase it, it is more likely that you will spike your alkalinity while trying to correct pH. What ever you do, it will go back to 7.7 in the long run unless you somehow reduce the CO2 going into the tank.