Ahh ph problem

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As someone once told me...ph does not have to be exactly perfect, it just has to be consistent. Age some water and see what the readings are. Sounds like you are having a drop after you do your water changes, which is not necessarily out of the norm.
 
Is your tank in a basement near the air exchanger (AC or furnance)?

My friend has a tank there and his pH has been dropping for months. It is a reef tank that the guy at the LFS said the off gasing from the unit is the cause for the drop. Not as extreme as yours, but does effect the parms.
 
Muske;2069407; said:
Is your tank in a basement near the air exchanger (AC or furnance)?

My friend has a tank there and his pH has been dropping for months. It is a reef tank that the guy at the LFS said the off gasing from the unit is the cause for the drop. Not as extreme as yours, but does effect the parms.
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That is an interesting statement. Is there any factual evidence to this? Not to doubt you, but what is the credibility of the LFS guy? I am curious because I am building a fish room in my basement.
 
I thought is was a load also. The LFS guy is a hard core reefer. I believe he only stocks FW for me. He is a super knowledgable guy that I think would not make up such a claim. I heard about this because my buddy has been having trouble w/his seahorse breeding program. His tank(s) are in a finished basement. The seahorse tank is a 65 gal. that is located by the mechanical room. He has always had unstable readings from his electronic meter, so much so that is was a cause for wonder. This was the first I had ever heard of this, and thought it was strange.
 
My fish room is in the basement currently, although it is not finished, the area is definitely enclosed enough that I would think it would affect my tanks. I have not noticed an real drop in PH in my tanks. Of course there has been some, but I would most likely attribute that to the lack of buffering in my tanks. (Pool filter sand, & rock) There's really nothing to buffer the water. As the other params drop, so does the PH. It will be interesting to see what my PH does once it is enclosed in a smaller area with the furnace and W/H.
 
If you are going to do some breeding project, it may be something to look into. Again, I never heard of this, but it can't hurt to research.
 
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