My husband has a 92 gal reef tank. It is about 10 w/o. I ran the tests for him today and found that the ph was around 8.0. It used to be 8.4. (The last time I ran the tests was probably about 2 w ago...yes, I know that the tests should be run more often, but it is *supposed* to be husband's job, not mine.) I don't know what happened. I actually ran ph twice to be sure I didn't make a mistake. We recently switched to using r/o water for water changes and top offs, could this be the problem? How do we fix it?
all the test results:
ammonia: close to 0, but slightly registering something
nitrate: high range 100
nitrite: 0
ph: 8.0
alk: high normal
salinity: 1.023 (needs to be topped off which will lower this back to its normal 1.022, but I want to hold off until we find out about the ph)
Thanks,
Kimberly
all the test results:
ammonia: close to 0, but slightly registering something
nitrate: high range 100
nitrite: 0
ph: 8.0
alk: high normal
salinity: 1.023 (needs to be topped off which will lower this back to its normal 1.022, but I want to hold off until we find out about the ph)
Thanks,
Kimberly