swagmaster Posted September 6, 2010 Report Share Posted September 6, 2010 Can someone help me. Everytime I get my Ph and Alk perfect, all it takes to screw it up is using the air jets or just adding air to my normal jets to raise me from a 7.2 to 8.0 in a single sesion. Any advice on how to avoud this, other than to not run air? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterbear Posted September 7, 2010 Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 Can someone help me. Everytime I get my Ph and Alk perfect, all it takes to screw it up is using the air jets or just adding air to my normal jets to raise me from a 7.2 to 8.0 in a single sesion. Any advice on how to avoud this, other than to not run air? Lower your TA to around 60 ppm. If your pH rises that fast from aeration then your TA is high. Also keep the pH at aboue 7.6 to 7.8. The lower you put it the faster it rises. (more CO2 in the water to gas off.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swagmaster Posted September 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2010 Can someone help me. Everytime I get my Ph and Alk perfect, all it takes to screw it up is using the air jets or just adding air to my normal jets to raise me from a 7.2 to 8.0 in a single sesion. Any advice on how to avoud this, other than to not run air? Lower your TA to around 60 ppm. If your pH rises that fast from aeration then your TA is high. Also keep the pH at aboue 7.6 to 7.8. The lower you put it the faster it rises. (more CO2 in the water to gas off.) So keeping Ph a little on the high end is not a problem? Meaning, 7.6-7.8? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterbear Posted September 10, 2010 Report Share Posted September 10, 2010 Can someone help me. Everytime I get my Ph and Alk perfect, all it takes to screw it up is using the air jets or just adding air to my normal jets to raise me from a 7.2 to 8.0 in a single sesion. Any advice on how to avoud this, other than to not run air? Lower your TA to around 60 ppm. If your pH rises that fast from aeration then your TA is high. Also keep the pH at aboue 7.6 to 7.8. The lower you put it the faster it rises. (more CO2 in the water to gas off.) So keeping Ph a little on the high end is not a problem? Meaning, 7.6-7.8? high pH is above 7.8 for chlorine and above 8.0 for bromine. 7.6 is considered ideal for both. 7.2 is the lowest of acceptable pH but is far from ideal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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