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So I want to get a new 30 long thats drilled with a corner overflow. I'm thinking of using a 20 long for a refugium with an overflow box leading to a 20 long sump with a skimmer with a 450gph pump for return. Is this too complex (ie living room gets flooded) or would it work. Thanks guys.

It was callibrated about a week ago. I should also mention that I have been fighting what I think to be dinoflagellates for almost a year now. Apparently these damn things fair better in a low pH enviornment. I've been trying to get my pH up to 8.3-8.5 range, but it will not stay for more...

I have never tried the fresh water pH test, but my meter gives me a reading of 9.5 on my RO/DI water. How can RO/DI water have a pH of anything but neutral, and starting out with a pH of 9.5 how can the pH go DOWN to 7.9 after the addition of salt? :?

My coraline growth is fair at best so I can't figure out whats grabbing up all my calcium and alk. I dose kalk, B Ionic, and Tropic Marin bio-cal. Every brand of salt I have tried has had a low pH hours after I mix it. I've tried aireation, but that only produced a modest increase in pH.

First of all I would like to say what a wonderfull website this is! A guy at my fish store recomended that I post difficult questions here, and assured me I would get an educated answer. The pH in my 4 year old tank (30 gal.) has been running low since I purchased an RO/DI system in December...