PH Low

[dedfish]

I just got home from being away for the weekend to find my tank water a little low and my tank full of microbubbles. I topped the water off and the bubbles stopped. I decided to do some water tests because I am acclimating a pair of percs. Here is what I found:

PH - 7.8
Alk - 3 meq/l
Ca - 450ppm

What can I do to raise the PH?

Thanks

 

[Chris A.]

Raise your Alk.

 

[Chris A.]

Here`s a linkph-Alk+Ca

 

[dedfish]

Any other recomendations? My alk is in the recomended range...although on the low side. I am reading the article now.

 

[marco67]

Nothing

airating the water will lower the PH so doing nothing (after fixing your pump issue) will raise it back up.

 

[rambo reefer]

raise your ph and youralk befor you do anything use superbuffer dkh

 

[dedfish]

Thanks everyone,

I will check the ph in a couple of hours. Hopefully the problem lies in the over airation of my water. If it doesn't rise, then I will look further into the alk/ph. After reading the alk ca article and ph article I think I have a better hand on it.