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Old 02-22-2008, 04:46 AM
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You know...I ran my first tank for twelve years and never really measured the pH. I don't think one should attempt to change the pH anyway. Especially NOT if you are not 100% dead accurate with pH measuring. Besides, to get a truly accurate reading of what your tank is doing you would need to measure ever hour for a 24hr period because there is a daily cycle.

So..go ahead and measure pH. It's fun. But don't try to change it!

Control your Alkalinity (and Ca), and the let the pH do what it does.

(Hypocritical advice as I am currently attempting to control my daily pH swing using my Kalk reactor...but I think that is different...)
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