Help! I have a 135gal tank that I am having a issue with high PH all the sudden. backstory, I was doing normal dosing on sunday I used seachem 2 part to raise my alk 7.8 and calcium 400 a little. in my tank its roughly 20ML to raise alk about .5. Monday I went to check my seneye while at work and noticed it wasn't online since Saturday PH8.4, I got it connected late that night, it took a reading and I realized my PH was at 8.88 :-0! it was already too late, store was closed, no way to lower PH. no biggie if I over dosed the ph will slowly drop back to normal. Tuesday I monitored seneye and PH was still 8.72-8.84, after work I tried soda water with very little change, so I switched to vinegar. I slowly brought the PH back down to 8.4 over about 5 hours. Wednesday I woke up to PH back at 8.74 raising to 8.82 again during the day. I got home my tank was cloudy and looks like calcium is starting to precipitate. what the heck!!!!!. so I did about 20 gal water change to hopefully lower the PH but I am still at 8.74 currently. I don't know what to do. I am thinking of trying to do 50% water change but I don't know why the PH is still out of control.
my tank. I have tested the PH with test kit but not since sunday. I don't think seneye is issue as the cloudy water shows calcium precipitate(unless its a big bacterial bloom?). I will test PH with drop kit later today
135gal Display
30gal sump
reef oct skimmer
3 radion xr30
carbon
Doseing pump isn't setup yet and anything else I dose by hand but haven't since sunday. no kids, no one but me touches the tank. wife wants nothing to do with it but look at it when it is pretty.
what do I do?
my tank. I have tested the PH with test kit but not since sunday. I don't think seneye is issue as the cloudy water shows calcium precipitate(unless its a big bacterial bloom?). I will test PH with drop kit later today
135gal Display
30gal sump
reef oct skimmer
3 radion xr30
carbon
Doseing pump isn't setup yet and anything else I dose by hand but haven't since sunday. no kids, no one but me touches the tank. wife wants nothing to do with it but look at it when it is pretty.
what do I do?