PH drop

[jimidalock]

Yesterday a snail found it's way into my over flow causeing my topoff to add about 3 gallons of Kalkawasser to my system. This morning my PH has dropped to 7.27. Help Bommer!!! I check the probe and calibrated. It's accurate.

 

[jimidalock]

Update: I did a 20 gal. water change this morning and the PH rose all day went up over 8.0 during the light cycle. Now is 7.95.

 

[Boomer]

Jim, more than likely all that kalk raised your pH and then cause massive precip pulling out Calcium and your buffer to preicp calcium carbaonte. Only a water change wlil fix that as you can see. Make sure you check your Alk, Calcium and Magnesium.

 

[jimidalock]

Thanks Boomer. Just checked all levels, 1380 mag, 480 cal, 8.0 alk. One 20 gallon water change was all that I did. and the PH has been steady at 8.05 ever since after the light cycle on the 12th. Thursday. Kinda weird to have that drop and then stablize so fast. Thank God. I was just telling someone the day before how well the tank was doing and how all my SPS were really looking great. Damn snail!

 

[Boomer]

Ok Jim