ph level drop (randomly) why??

You should test for Mag. That will help us figure out whats going on. Also high levels of no3 will affect your PH. Your Cal and Alk are a little high, at least for my taste. Luna

 

ima do that but it cant be that cause i tested my ph in my quarintine tank and it was good so it cant be my test kit..

 

yea i agree do you think i should do like a 50% water change to lower all those levels?

 

Im assuming that you live in Miami and if this is true your house must be closed up for a/c. My ph rarely goes above 8.0(for whatever reason). I dont know if a 50% WC will help you. If you where going through what Sparky is going through, then I would say yes. I would do some WC's, but smaller ones over a couple of days. When you said you had high levels of No3, what is it? Luna

 

yes i live in miami you got it.... but what about my closed a/c whats tha all about?

 

The house being closed up isnt a good thing. I tried a test that Tangster told me to do and it surprised me. Try this; get a glass of tank water and place a air stone with an air pump inside the house for about half hr. Test your ph at this point. Now take the same glass, air stone and pump and place it outside for same amount of time. Now test it for ph again and tell me what are your results. Luna

 

holy crap you guys are way ahead of your game i kinda figured that could be somthing to worry cause my room and hous is always closed.. good stuff.. no wonder from time to time my ph gets a little low and i have not added any buffer lately

 

Its because of the carbon dioxide levels in the house being higher than they are outside and having the house shut raises those levels.

The higher the Co2 the lower the pH. That's why a lot of folks will run both a calcium reactor and a kalc reactor.

 

wow its like i entering a new chapter in this hobby.. seriously oh and ibm geek also had told me luna and tangster knew there there stuff too and thanks alot too mr nyka.. ima have to start hitting up the books after this