Ph

[dudley moray]

Well I'm not loosing any sleep over my ph I'm happy it's over 7 for that matter it's over 8 but I know the skimmers efficiency is better at higher ph and the phosphate thing as for dosing like I said earlier I only do water changes and a tiny bit of three part in the make up water I'm not one to chase numbers I'm just trying to find out if I'm over looking something or if this inability to get my ph higher than 8.06 has some correlation to my phosphate level or if someone else has noticed an issue with the salt I'm using possibly not measuring up to their guaranteed analysis

[Reef Pilot]

Phosphates are an ongoing battle, even with the most experienced reefers. Only real solution is get a suitable reactor and run GFO, RowaPhos or other similar phosphate remover. For initial set ups or really high phosphates, Foz Down works well. Then once it is down to near zero, use GFO or similar to maintain. Of course, you still have to keep your tank clean and don't overfeed.

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by dudley moray

Well I'm not loosing any sleep over my ph I'm happy it's over 7 for that matter it's over 8 but I know the skimmers efficiency is better at higher ph and the phosphate thing as for dosing like I said earlier I only do water changes and a tiny bit of three part in the make up water I'm not one to chase numbers I'm just trying to find out if I'm over looking something or if this inability to get my ph higher than 8.06 has some correlation to my phosphate level or if someone else has noticed an issue with the salt I'm using possibly not measuring up to their guaranteed analysis

I highly doubt such small ph difference will have any sort of impact on skimmer efficiency. When the air being pulled into the water has lack of oxygen, then maybe there will be an impact. But I am pretty sure that such deficiency of oxygen level will make the room inhabitable for human try battling the phosphate and not the ph.