OmegaOmega
Reefing newb
I've noticed a couple of my fish becoming really sick - white gills and cloudiness around the eyes. I immediately tested the water and here are my following params:
SW: 1.026
pH: 8.7
Nitrates: 5ppm (I had just done a 25% water change)
Nitrates: 0
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I panicked when I saw how high my pH was so I thought I'd add more RO water, and when I tested it with my pH meter, I saw that my RO water out of the system was 9.8 - is that normal? I haven't come across anything on here that indicates that's the normal pH of RO water.
I checked it with a TDS meter also, just to see if there were any other issues with the water, but it came out to 002 - so pretty clean.
I immediately mixed a glass of baking soda/RO water to get the water in the glass down to 8.1 - and dripped it into the tank. 12 ounces seemed to bring the overall tank down to 8.3 (relatively safe) but I'm wondering if I need to do anything else?
Could the high pH cause issues with the fish? If so, and lowering it helps, how long before I'd start seeing them 'turn-around' - or is there a point of no return?
Corals and CUC look perfectly fine.
SW: 1.026
pH: 8.7
Nitrates: 5ppm (I had just done a 25% water change)
Nitrates: 0
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I panicked when I saw how high my pH was so I thought I'd add more RO water, and when I tested it with my pH meter, I saw that my RO water out of the system was 9.8 - is that normal? I haven't come across anything on here that indicates that's the normal pH of RO water.
I checked it with a TDS meter also, just to see if there were any other issues with the water, but it came out to 002 - so pretty clean.
I immediately mixed a glass of baking soda/RO water to get the water in the glass down to 8.1 - and dripped it into the tank. 12 ounces seemed to bring the overall tank down to 8.3 (relatively safe) but I'm wondering if I need to do anything else?
Could the high pH cause issues with the fish? If so, and lowering it helps, how long before I'd start seeing them 'turn-around' - or is there a point of no return?
Corals and CUC look perfectly fine.