revenant_06
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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- Jan 13, 2013
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There are so many things on the market I'm going crazy deciding. What supliments does everyone on here use for control of ph and everything else you need in a reef.
Alkalinity does help keep your pH stable, but it's not a linear relationship between alk and pH, as in if your alk drops, so will your pH. Keeping alk between about 7-11 dKH will keep your pH stable, but the amount of co2 in the air in your house can push your pH down, regardless of what your alk levels are. It's quite common the pH will drop in a tank during the winter in colder climate areas where the house is closed up and has less outside fresh air.Thanks for the feed back much appreciated. I do have another question, what I understand is if you keep your alkalinity at the right level your ph will maintain a correct legel as well. Is it necessary to test for both? And if its not which one should you be testing ph or alkalinity? The fish world seems to be a complicated one in the beginning