YYCGUY's Red Sea 500S

[yycguy]

Need some help on my Low Ph 7.9-8.1
First off I am dosing with a Profilux DkH and Ca using Randy's Recipe 1.
Now my alkalinity has been between 8-9 that is with dosing around 218 ml of DkH a day (9 ml - 24 times a day) First question is that a lot?
All my other parameters are ok, other than I think I stripped the P04 a little to quick, it's 0

Salinity 1.025
Temp 78-79
Ca 420 - 450
Mag 1400
Nitrates 0

I did try dosing more but ended up calcifying my pumps.
With the higher dose I was getting a ph up around 8.2.
So what am I missing?
Salt is Reef Crystals

[kien]

Originally Posted by yycguy

Need some help on my Low Ph 7.9-8.1

Personally I don't really see a problem with your pH. My pH swings anywhere from 7.8 to 8.3 throughout the day depending on the day of the week and time of the year. it's been doing this for the entire life of the tank and I have never once done a single thing to directly affect the pH. I would not worry about your pH, especially if everything in your tank is looking good. Let your pH do what it's going to do and focus on all the other parameters. A lot of people don't even bother to test pH and if I didn't have a pH probe on my profilux I wouldn't bother to test my pH either.

All your other parameters look spot on. If your tank is looking good don't fix anything because nothing is broken! :-)