dangerous ph readings

[rossi]

i no the lowest danger point of ph is 7.8,but what would be a dangerously high reading in a reef tank.
any one no,what is your ph.

 

[paats]

Mine never seems to vary off of 8.0

 

[Biotech]

From what I read, pH=8.5 appears to be around the upper limit

 

[Reefman150]

Warning to anyone using an electronic PH meter. I thought my tank was seriously screwed up once due to wacked out readings from my meter. Turned out that the lighting system caused electrical interference with the meter. I will only check it now with the lights off! I run 2-175W MH and 4- 110W VHO's.

 

[danmhippo]

Start to look for cause of pH spike when it reach past 8.3, don't wait till it goes any higher beyond that.

 

[Anonymous]

paats.. SOYLENT GREEN IS PEEPUHL!!!! :|

 

[kleinfreak]

I myself had a horrible PH plummit over the weekend. Down to 7.6...I was running just fine with Crushed coral sand for about 4 months at about 8.0-8.1 and then Saturday morning, 7.6 !Ouch! I bought a buffer and I'm slowly working it back up. Corals were pretty angry, but thier looking up.

 

[paats]

Sure Seamaiden...........sure

 

[Mogo]

Reefman-
I have had the same problems with my pH monitor. I thought I had some major pH spike and started to worry until I found the real problem being the pH meter itself. So for me, batteries only. And I also clean and calibrate more regularly to help avoid false readings.