How to raise pH

[savethereef]

Hey guys I forgot how to raise ph. Was it with baking soda or powder? How mcu per gallon? Or do I bake it?
My ph is about 7.90 and need to raise it slowly.

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[pitbulllover]

open up some windows in your house first

[lowbudget]

Don't pass gas in the house

[bullitr]

Kalkwasser if you want to increase calcium and alkalinity
Or bake the baking soda for 1 hour if you want to raise just your alkalinity!
This will increase your ph!

[DANNY G2004]

Your Ph is fine just make sure your Alk and Mag are in check

[oscar.millan]

7.9 is not bad at all, I maintain my Ph with Kalk in my ATO. Works great.

[TheWeaz]

mine is 7.9 at night. I dont see why thats so bad. check your Alk level.

[savethereef]

open up some windows in your house first

Man it was 37f this morning. But I'll pop some open on weekend. I shut my calcium reCtor down for 2 months. I turned it back on line my all is 10 and calcium 480 so I'm good. Just wanted to bump my ph a tad


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[thirst]

that's pretty high alk/calcium. you always run it that high? could turn down your reactor a tiny bit.. i use both a calcium reactor and a kalk top off so that they balance each other out.

[wickedfish]

Man it was 37f this morning. But I'll pop some open on weekend. I shut my calcium reCtor down for 2 months. I turned it back on line my all is 10 and calcium 480 so I'm good. Just wanted to bump my ph a tad


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2 things I did to raise my ph 1. I added an airpump to the sump, 2. Took my air intake to my skimmer outside.

As a test get some tubing from home depot or lowes attach it to your skimmer, get the house out side. If it makes a difference i ph in say 30 minutes your house has higher CO2 levels and the airline out or a co2 scrubber will work.

My ph is still lower than yours, I use gfo and it causes a big decrease over all on the ph of my tank. I also use soda ash 20ml per day and Kalk at 2tsp per gallon of RODI.

[rroselavy]

Hey guys I forgot how to raise ph. Was it with baking soda or powder? How mcu per gallon? Or do I bake it?
My ph is about 7.90 and need to raise it slowly.

I sometimes raise my pH just by recalibrating my probe. :spin2:

Seriously, if you test your pH with a probe, make sure it is recently calibrated.

Unless your house has too much C02, I would not raise pH just for the sake of raising it. I would focus on Ca/Alk and pH will most likely follow. Kalk is a good place to start since it helps to maintain Ca/Alk and also precipitates phosphates.

[rroselavy]

I shut my calcium reCtor down for 2 months. I turned it back on line my all is 10 and calcium 480 so I'm good. Just wanted to bump my ph a tad

You had your reactor off for two months and your at 10dkh & 480ppm? Unless you have been dosing, I am not sure why you would be that high...

Nevertheless, kalk seems to be a good way to balance out the low pH of the reactor.

[savethereef]

got it thanks guys.