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Low PH
My PH is dropping like a rock for some reason. My kh (alk) is good. How can I raise my PH without raising the alk in the tank? I seem to remember having this problem once before. It's been awhile and I don't remember how I fixed it. I tried to use the search feature for low PH or raising PH but the "PH" doesn't match the 3 letter minimum for the search feature
Was it baked baking soda? Pickeling Lime? Geesh I hate it when the brain will not work!
Thank you.
Angie
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a lime drip... kalkwasser
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Baked Baking Soda will increase pH as well as increase buffering ability (dKH), pickling lime will raise the pH and increase the Ca content.
It can be a bit of a balancing act to find the right dosage, I found a combination of baking soda (baked and straight from the box) after a while and was able to manipulate the pH and Ca content at will.
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super buffer dkh by kent marine will raise the ph and works quite well in my experience.
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Did you by any chance start using Phosban media or any other GFO products like Rowaphos?
These can drop your alkalinity if not added slowly.
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Why does that occur? also if it is just pH and not alk would the GFO cause that also? I'm experiencing the same thing and thinking of doing a kalk drip or reactor, I just havn't seen anything on a kalk reactor.Originally Posted by iVgOnMaD
Brian
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Time to test for Magnesium, you want to shoot for 1300ppm, low Mg is known to cause trouble keeping Alk/Cal concentrations at the right levels.
Do you have a calcium reactor?
HTH
Dosing Kalk is a good idea but I would fix whatever is dropping your pH first.
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