ph problem with recent upgrade

[lionfish]

okay guys i made the change from the 55 gallon to the 90 and mostly all the new water i put in was rodi except for one 5 gallon bucket now my ph is 7.8 when i test it i dosed it a coupe times in one day with kent buffer pro and it went up then dropped back down later and i tryed reef code b buffer by brightwell same thing,my calcium is 480 everything else was stable ammonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrate 0.what can i do ?

 

[TRIGGERMAN]

I was trying to tell you before but I hit up lionfish 718 by accident lol 2nd time I did that. I'm thinking you are not getting enough oxygen. Do you have a canopy/glass tops on your tank? Also lava rock is good for keeping ph buffered naturally without use of any chemicals

 

[lionfish]

yea i have canopy glass on both sides but before on my 55 my ph was always good

 

[pauliwalnuts]

How long has it been running for ?

 

[lionfish]

since sunday

 

[TRIGGERMAN]

try taking them off. When I had my biocube going with that hood I was having the same problem..now it's topless no problem. I am not 100% sure if that was what it was but I had he problem before and now I don't.

 

[lionfish]

yea im gona try and keep them flipped open for now and

 

[lionfish]

ok i'll try and keep them flipped open hopefully it works my candy canes are not looking to well one head is dying off

 

[KathyC]

Best to stop adding buffers, the rollercoaster ride that your tank is going through is worse than leaving it alone

If you are going to open the covers, you also need to be sure the surface of the water is highly agitated so the gas exchange can take place.

Opening a window and getting some fresh air into your home is also important.

Did you re-use the sand bed from the prior tank? How long had it been up for?

 

[pauliwalnuts]

How's your oxygen and alkalinity levels ? Are you still using the same main pump ? Maybe you don't have enough circulation within the system. Also try to create some water movement on top of the water surface to raise oxygen and ph.

 

[pauliwalnuts]

Best to stop adding buffers, the rollercoaster ride that your tank is going through is worse than leaving it alone

If you are going to open the covers, you also need to be sure the surface of the water is highly agitated so the gas exchange can take place.

Opening a window and getting some fresh air into your home is also important.

Did you re-use the sand bed from the prior tank? How long had it been up for?

+2 on the sand bed ( that can be a cause ).

 

[lionfish]

yes kathy i did use the same sand bed plus added two new bags and seeded it with the old sand my old tank was running since december 2009 and this one has all my old water from my 55 and filter media pump skimmer i added a fluval u4 in water pump also for extra filteration and water movement .