ph at night

JDigital · #1 07-26-2013, 02:58 PM

My pH is typically between 8.15-8.3

My temperature on the hand... 78.1-81.9.. damn Halides.

e46er · #2 07-29-2013, 03:19 AM

Mine hits 7.9 at night and I've seen it at 8.24 midday
Only reason I know is I have a ph monitor on my controller otherwise I agree with every one else- don't even bother checking

craigwmiller · #3 07-29-2013, 03:22 AM

Mine ranges from 7.8 -> 8.5 depending on the day/month/season/temperature/colour-of-my-hair/etc.

I don't do anything to control it, and really don't care what it is, but it's cool to watch the fluctuation more than anything. If things aren't melting I won't really care, and truthfully I wouldn't look at controlling PH directly anyways

michaelis88 · #4 07-29-2013, 08:53 AM

mine 7.9-8.2

daniella3d · #5 07-30-2013, 01:41 AM

7.8 to 8.3 here. I never care to mesure the PH before I got my controller and now I know because I see it being tracked by the controller.

It's usefull to know this because recently we had a power outage and my stupid dosing pump does not resume on its own after a power outage. I watched my PH go down to 7.5 and I knew something was not right. Checked the KH and it was 6, checked the dosing pump and sure enough it was off. So having the PH fluctuate outside my normal range was a good indication that something was wrong.

Slyguy00 · #6 07-31-2013, 04:55 AM

How come you guys dont check your P.H? Im relatively new to the hobby and have always been told P.H is quite important to monitor and keep consistent.

tang daddy · #7 07-31-2013, 06:46 AM

I think my ph controller is out, it reads 8.5 and goes to 8.7 or even 8.8...

Everything looks fine and I am too lazy to recalibrate.

Aquattro · #8 07-31-2013, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Slyguy00

How come you guys dont check your P.H? Im relatively new to the hobby and have always been told P.H is quite important to monitor and keep consistent.

I can't think of anything that makes it important. It's also tough to measure unless you have an often calibrated meter. Unless you have some weird circumstance where you suspect it could be affected, it's going to sit somewhere between 7.8 and 8.4. All good values. If you live in a house with 30 people and have no windows, it could drop too low from CO2, but most tanks are just fine. Lots of dying material could affect it, but then a NH3 test is the better tool. If you're fish aren't jumping out of the tank, and your corals aren't dissolving, you're fine

Proteus · #9 07-31-2013, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Slyguy00

How come you guys dont check your P.H? Im relatively new to the hobby and have always been told P.H is quite important to monitor and keep consistent.

When I first started I was checking and trying to change. I was using a digital meter which I found my MH affected. But as tank matured I found ph stablized. It was/is more important to check the big three as if your ph is out chances are one of the big three were out.

Also with the amount of water changes I do I'm at nsw levels

daniella3d · #10 08-03-2013, 12:45 AM

PH is important, yes and no. I never saw any bad side effect of having a low PH, of course depending how low.

When using the AC for a week when there was a heat wave here my PH dropped drastically to 7.3 at night because I did not open the windows. That did not have any effect on my corals or fish.

I find that tracking the PH with my controller can be a good indication if something is wrong, so I put an alert for low PH, but beside that I don't really check it.

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Originally Posted by Slyguy00

How come you guys dont check your P.H? Im relatively new to the hobby and have always been told P.H is quite important to monitor and keep consistent.