Hi all,
This morning before lights went on I collected some water from my tank and tested pH in the lab with a lab-grade pH meter.
It says 7.5. I also tested the meter with some calibration solution and it seems about accurate (0.1 difference from the solution at pH 7.0).
With my Sera tests it was looking much more like 8 than 7.5 so I never checked.
This is the situation with my tank:
32.5 g, probably 25g water only.
Closed with lid. Many advised against it but the house is quite old and I don't want to get molds from increased humidity. Also the tank is not completely sealed, there is some space between the lid and the glass and the filter compartment is open. I will try to run the aeration test later this week because I do not have a pH probe at home so I must areate the water outside at work if I manage.
About 1/8th of the volume is occupied by macros
I have 3 fish (YWG, 6 line wrasse, bicolor blenny) and 2 crabs I am worried about (hermit and porcelain crab)
DkH was about 10 last week, I increased it from 8 to 10 using baking soda when I realized it dropped to 8dkh, probably because of macro.
At the moment I have also a cyano/dino outbreak.
How is this possible? I have so much macro in my DT, I should have them absorbing CO2 right?
What I could do in the immediate to increase pH without hurting my animals?
As soon as I found out I turned on the air scrubber in the tank (I use it from time to time in my DT to clean the water). Should I leave it on longer then? maybe all night?
This morning before lights went on I collected some water from my tank and tested pH in the lab with a lab-grade pH meter.
It says 7.5. I also tested the meter with some calibration solution and it seems about accurate (0.1 difference from the solution at pH 7.0).
With my Sera tests it was looking much more like 8 than 7.5 so I never checked.
This is the situation with my tank:
32.5 g, probably 25g water only.
Closed with lid. Many advised against it but the house is quite old and I don't want to get molds from increased humidity. Also the tank is not completely sealed, there is some space between the lid and the glass and the filter compartment is open. I will try to run the aeration test later this week because I do not have a pH probe at home so I must areate the water outside at work if I manage.
About 1/8th of the volume is occupied by macros
I have 3 fish (YWG, 6 line wrasse, bicolor blenny) and 2 crabs I am worried about (hermit and porcelain crab)
DkH was about 10 last week, I increased it from 8 to 10 using baking soda when I realized it dropped to 8dkh, probably because of macro.
At the moment I have also a cyano/dino outbreak.
How is this possible? I have so much macro in my DT, I should have them absorbing CO2 right?
What I could do in the immediate to increase pH without hurting my animals?
As soon as I found out I turned on the air scrubber in the tank (I use it from time to time in my DT to clean the water). Should I leave it on longer then? maybe all night?