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Unread 10/26/2017, 05:12 PM   #8
aromano
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Originally Posted by Tripod1404 View Post
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.
Just curious given the mass of the Earth's atmosphere and CO2 being present at roughly 400 PPM globally where could the additional CO2 be coming from that's causing their problem in that room? Super tight non ventilated room ? Seems like you would need continuous extra CO2 to effect pH that much.


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