switching to 29 gallon

[dudeinvb]

i have a 10 gallon tank, a few small soft corals like mushrooms and zooanth button polyp type stuff, live rock and no fish. ive been having problems with ph and have to add a buffer and iv edecided to switch to a 29 gallon tank. The guy at my lfs said something about smaller tanks being harder to control the ph for some reason. and i realize that a bigger tank means more water for the pollutants to be dispersed. do you think that a 29 gallon will make water chemistry much easier compared to my current 10 gallon.

 

[melosu58]

More water volume is always easier to help control water parameters. As far as the PH problems you are not using a glass lid or cover are you?

 

[dudeinvb]

its 20 inches long and its one of those tops thats plstic that sits on top snugly and the light has a thin strip of glass where it sits ontop of

 

[melosu58]

Reason I asked is if there`s a top on it there is usually low PH due to poor gas exchange at the surface

 

[intimatecple]

Agreed... Remove the cover...except on light...BUT....BIGGER IS BETTER!!!