Looking for you PH / Alkalinity gurus to give me some advice. I am REALLY struggling with PH. Last night, my PH went all the way down to 7.6 (YIKES). I ran an airline outside with an Eheim pump literally pushing the air into my skimmer as well as a diffuser ball in my overflow to try and maximize outside air into the tank. My alk is a little low right now, about 8.2 but i have bumped up my kalkwasser doser to bring it back in line to my targeted number..let's say arbitrarily 8.8. I have been told that high 8's is the right plae to be.
Here is my question: I have seen people say to use Kalkwasser to bring up your PH. However, if I am using my kalkwasser to bring up PH, what is more important....keeping an 8.8 alkalinity or a higher ph. Given how low my PH is dropping at night..i am going to assuming I need to pump a boat load of Kalk into my system to get my PH higher..which will then make my alk too high.
any thoughts?
Here is my question: I have seen people say to use Kalkwasser to bring up your PH. However, if I am using my kalkwasser to bring up PH, what is more important....keeping an 8.8 alkalinity or a higher ph. Given how low my PH is dropping at night..i am going to assuming I need to pump a boat load of Kalk into my system to get my PH higher..which will then make my alk too high.
any thoughts?