I run a air line to my skimmers. It does not have to go outside. If you have a drafty window it will more then do the job. It really limited my PH swing between light cycles. The calcium reactor should allow you to dial in your Ph tho? You said you doased 2 part with poor results. Which type of calcium doase did you use ? I understand you used soda ash for alk but you should be useing calcium chloride to archive a ph upto 8.4ish if you have hight ph use sodium bicarbonate to bring it down.. I don't really think adding pure oxygen is a must. A good skimmer will reoxygenate the water column well enough. If you use vinyl tube and draw fresher air then what's around your skimmer it will help allot. Good luck.
Sorry bin but you got something's mixed up that need a little correcting. First calcium chloride is used to keep the calcium level up not the ph. Then sodium bicarbonate will raise your ph not lower it.
Adding Oxygen tank to improve PH?
Originally Posted by binford4000
I run a air line to my skimmers. It does not have to go outside. If you have a drafty window it will more then do the job. It really limited my PH swing between light cycles. The calcium reactor should allow you to dial in your Ph tho? You said you doased 2 part with poor results. Which type of calcium doase did you use ? I understand you used soda ash for alk but you should be useing calcium chloride to archive a ph upto 8.4ish if you have hight ph use sodium bicarbonate to bring it down.. I don't really think adding pure oxygen is a must. A good skimmer will reoxygenate the water column well enough. If you use vinyl tube and draw fresher air then what's around your skimmer it will help allot. Good luck.
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