In Wall 125 Gallon

[philip_r5]

Battling high PH. Currently at 8.85 and goes up to 9 in the day. Been that way for about a week now. Im trying to force air in it as much as I can right now to see if that will help introduce some CO2 into the tank. If not I will have to figure out other ways.

If you have any suggestions let me know.

[Jim28fl]

You sure your probe/ how ever your measuring that/ is reading that accurately? Thats crazy high i never head of a reef tank over 8.55 unless something was dosing it over that like kalkwasser or 2 part. Less water movement/ stop protein skimming during the day may hold it down. test a known source like 7.0 or 10.0 solution and compare to your tank. thats crazy.

Water change with non reef spec salt like instant ocean regular salt, should help bring down the PH i think.

[ccampo]

Battling high PH. Currently at 8.85 and goes up to 9 in the day. Been that way for about a week now. Im trying to force air in it as much as I can right now to see if that will help introduce some CO2 into the tank. If not I will have to figure out other ways.

If you have any suggestions let me know.

Recalibrate the probe, or test the PH with a test kit for PH, it shouldn't be that high.

[philip_r5]

Yeah, I figured being new not even a month ago it would have been fine.... Apparently I was wrong. Good thing I did buy calibration fluid. I have the Aqua Controller III as well and the calibration requires two different ph's to calibrate. Good thing I have an old American Marine PinPoint PH Monitor.

Its happily at 8.19 now.

Now its time to calibrate my new Salinity Probe as well.....


Thanks for bringing that to my attention to get me to test it

[philip_r5]

Now I am baffled. I bought the American Marine PinPoint Salinity Monitor. Used the calibration fluid set it and now its saying my tank is at 1.021. However, Using my two different Refractometer's they say 1.024.... Argggg which to believe.

[ccampo]

Now I am baffled. I bought the American Marine PinPoint Salinity Monitor. Used the calibration fluid set it and now its saying my tank is at 1.021. However, Using my two different Refractometer's they say 1.024.... Argggg which to believe.

Trust your senses, use your tongue

[philip_r5]

lol i do do that ever now and then :p but I want whats best

[CoralolisEffect]

No personal experiences. But I have heard many having difficulty in with many of the lhobby probes. Other than ph. But including salinity.

[Jim28fl]

Your conductivity probe needs to be done with water @ same temp as the refractometer and tank say 77. so get the calibration fluid to 77 then use them both. I used a calibration fluid at 77 degrees to check my refractometer which was very close and then to calibrate my probe. Both were close actually but i check them every few months. the key is 77 degree water/ and same test water both probes. if its like in the garage or something it will be way off. same goes for bringing in new salt water it has to be calibrated adjusted at 77 degrees. if its like 1.024 at 50 degrees or like 100 from the garage it will be way off.

also note there is temperature compensation on the probe readers sometimes, IE APEX systems, which i disable BTW, which can throw a wrench into things. always work from correct temp, then salinity, then calcium, then ALK, then MAG, then PH. If you wanna be able to adjust your tank perimeters effectively, you must get them correct in that order. As each one effects the next one in the line somehow. and does so the most in that order. But other orders do show changes as well most commonly the Calcium and the ALK change each other and are hardest to keep balanced usually. and hence the water change to get a partial fresh start each time. I had a great read on the complexity of that somewhere. should look that up.

As salinity goes up so does the ability to hold more Calcium and ALK in the solution.

[philip_r5]

So, I was looking at tank today and noticed something that has scared me . I decided to take some close ups of critters on the glass and ran into something I believe that is bad. Im thinking it is flatworm but im not 100% . It measures maybe 1/10th of a millimeter right now. It is very very small. The pictures are probably 150x + zoomed. Take a look at the pics tell me what you think.

[Michael]

Various pods and little flatworms, but those aren't bad and will probably go away as nutrients drop.

[philip_r5]

Hope so , I would be very upset if I got any


Thanks

[philip_r5]

So, I am in need of a new skimmer for the tank. It will have a total of 150 gallons going thru it in total. Im using the Vegas, will have refugium on it, and I feed heavy.

What do you recommend? Please keep in mind I don't want to spend over $400. Thanks

[Michael]

Not a recommendation perhaps, but I do have SRO 2000 cone skimmer for sale for $250 Can see it at http://www.o-r-c-a.org/forum/showthread.php?t=21480 . Haven't used it in a while, but all works, tested it recently in saltwater to see if it makes bubbles and stuff heh. Impeller was replaced after I took it down from my system before I put it for sale, although so far that seems like a waste of $75 lol.

[Chip]

So, I am in need of a new skimmer for the tank. It will have a total of 150 gallons going thru it in total. Im using the Vegas, will have refugium on it, and I feed heavy.

What do you recommend? Please keep in mind I don't want to spend over $400. Thanks

I would recommend a SRO. It looks like Michael has a deal on one that fits your budget!

[philip_r5]

I might have to take you up on that offer how old is it?

[Michael]

Around two years. Impeller I've replaced before putting it up for sale, so that part is brand new, was like $75 just for that heh.

[philip_r5]

So I decided to take Michael up on the offer, and now have an upgraded skimmer. Its the xp2000 reef octo. I must say im impressed with it already and its only been in there for 2 hours now.

The micro-bubbles it produces is crazy .


Stand I made to have it in 6.25inch of water, middle point of where everyone says they keep theirs.






Up close so you can see the bubbles :p

[philip_r5]

Getting upset. My coral doesn't seem to be happy, and my snails are falling on their backs with no signs of life....

Parameters are as follows:

Temp: 77.6
Salinity: 1.025
Ph:7.93 (Trying to raise)
Alk: 11.3 DKH
Ammonia: 0-.05
Nitrite:0
Nitrate:0.25tops
Phosphate: 0
CA: 440
Mag:1200

What do you guys suggest I look at ?

[SaltWater]

What type of corals sps,lps or softies.