How to raise PH in a reef tank - PH explained and simplified AskReefDudes

What is PH? What should the PH of a saltwater tank be? These are all great questions and dove a little deep as i brain dumped everything I could think of on PH. So how to raise ph in saltwater tank? For an in-depth summary check out the blog post link below Today's video is part of a series called Ask ReefDudes where we go indepth on PH from Eric's question "What is the proper PH for a reef tank and what are the best ways to raise PH??" *Video notes: If injecting air through an airstone or bubble scrubbing, this will only raise the PH if the rooms air has less co2 than the aquarium. Ideally you would want to run the airline outdoors Do you have a burning salty question to ask? http://reefdudes.com/ask To join the facbook community chat: https://www.facebook.com/groups/reefdudes For more details and info on PH check out the blog post at http://reefdudes.com/reef-school/how-do-you-raise-ph-in-a-saltwater-aquarium-askreefdudes.html If you want to embrace your inner reef geek and get more into the science of PH check out Randy Holmes article at http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-09/rhf/ Background Music Tobu - Colors [NCS Release] https://youtu.be/MEJCwccKWG0 http://www.7obu.com http://www.soundcloud.com/7obu http://www.facebook.com/tobuofficial http://www.twitter.com/tobuofficial http://www.youtube.com/tobuofficial -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: "Vertex Somatic 60s skimmer giveaway! - ReefDudes 3K Subscriber Contest!!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiiFUxmsVpE -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-

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What is PH? What should the PH of a saltwater tank be? These are all great questions and dove a little deep as i brain dumped everything I could think of on PH. So how to raise ph in saltwater tank? For an in-depth summary check out the blog post link below Today's video is part of a series called Ask ReefDudes where we go indepth on PH from Eric's question "What is the proper PH for a reef tank and what are the best ways to raise PH??" *Video notes: If injecting air through an airstone or bubble scrubbing, this will only raise the PH if the rooms air has less co2 than the aquarium. Ideally you would want to run the airline outdoors Do you have a burning salty question to ask? http://reefdudes.com/ask To join the facbook community chat: https://www.facebook.com/groups/reefdudes For more details and info on PH check out the blog post at http://reefdudes.com/reef-school/how-do-you-raise-ph-in-a-saltwater-aquarium-askreefdudes.html If you want to embrace your inner reef geek and get more into the science of PH check out Randy Holmes article at http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-09/rhf/ Background Music Tobu - Colors [NCS Release] https://youtu.be/MEJCwccKWG0 http://www.7obu.com http://www.soundcloud.com/7obu http://www.facebook.com/tobuofficial http://www.twitter.com/tobuofficial http://www.youtube.com/tobuofficial -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: "Vertex Somatic 60s skimmer giveaway! - ReefDudes 3K Subscriber Contest!!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiiFUxmsVpE -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-

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for How to raise PH in a reef tank - PH explained and simplified AskReefDudes

Chris Groves
Chris Groves - 6 years ago
This has been a great help in understanding ph, thanks! Subbed
ReefDudes
ReefDudes - 6 years ago
Chris Groves your most welcome! And welcome to the channel Chris!
Bobby Bobby
Bobby Bobby - 7 years ago
Baking soda
ReefDudes
ReefDudes - 7 years ago
True. As long as you match it to your Alk demands!
Mohammed Al Hadher
Mohammed Al Hadher - 7 years ago
In the intro why are u looking into the bottom left corner lol
Mohammed Al Hadher
Mohammed Al Hadher - 7 years ago
ReefDudes lol if I had one of those I would do the same all day
ReefDudes
ReefDudes - 7 years ago
May have been the jellyfish tank :P
Mohammed Al Hadher
Mohammed Al Hadher - 7 years ago
ReefDudes lol must've been the tank
ReefDudes
ReefDudes - 7 years ago
No idea. This video was a while ago. Must have been something good there!
Jordan Harvey
Jordan Harvey - 7 years ago
Mine sitting at 7.8 and am only on fish only no coral is that okay please help
Jordan Harvey
Jordan Harvey - 7 years ago
Thank you
ReefDudes
ReefDudes - 7 years ago
Yep you are fine!
Jordan Harvey
Jordan Harvey - 7 years ago
ReefDudes so am okay for fish only
ReefDudes
ReefDudes - 7 years ago
Yes you are low but okay.. 7.6 and 8.4 is the generally accepted range. Reef tanks should be kept around 7.8-8.4 and ideally 8-8.4
TOM REEFMAN202
TOM REEFMAN202 - 7 years ago
Nice video...
FishOfHex
FishOfHex - 7 years ago
wooden air stone in the sump :)
ReefDudes
ReefDudes - 7 years ago
+FishOfHex beauty! I do the same :)
rygrun1
rygrun1 - 7 years ago
Something's off with your audio. Your lips don't line up with your words. It's just off by a fraction. Making a loud click at the start of your video will help line up the audio in post.
ReefDudes
ReefDudes - 7 years ago
I click or clap now! haha works well :)
Aquarium Sunshine's Valley
Aquarium Sunshine's Valley - 7 years ago
Nice tip, the clap-sync
ReefDudes
ReefDudes - 7 years ago
That bugged me too! I normally do a clap sync but the webcam audio didn't record for some reason so i had nothing to sync it to! Either that' or its the video where my computer kept crashing due to bad ram. There is two of them out that had something a tiny bit offf!
Man Cave Reef
Man Cave Reef - 7 years ago
Nice vedo & good info.
I have fresh air line hooked to my skimmer from outside. It keeps it oround 8 and 8.2.
ReefDudes
ReefDudes - 7 years ago
I have never considered that! great bonus benefit!
ReefDudes
ReefDudes - 7 years ago
Awesome thanks for sharing! thats a nice little jump! running in an outside line is still on my to do list.. ones of these days :)
Man Cave Reef
Man Cave Reef - 7 years ago
ReefDudes before it was a 7.9 8.
It also helps with the smell of the skim. It does not circulate the same old air over and over. 100% batter.
ReefDudes
ReefDudes - 7 years ago
Sounds like its working well! What was the PH before the fresh air line?
420skidrow
420skidrow - 7 years ago
KH guarden
ReefDudes
ReefDudes - 7 years ago
Do you have one? How do you like it?

10. comment for How to raise PH in a reef tank - PH explained and simplified AskReefDudes

Bob Escher
Bob Escher - 7 years ago
I use the BRS co2 media reactor and the media itself runs about 50.00 it will last for about four months I think it's worth it
Bob Escher
Bob Escher - 7 years ago
ReefDudes 65 gallon went from 7.8 to staying steady at 8.26
ReefDudes
ReefDudes - 7 years ago
How big of a tank do you use it on? How much of a PH boost did it give you?
eric olsen
eric olsen - 7 years ago
Thank you very much for the vid. I hooked some tubing to my skimmer and stuck it out the corner of my near by window. I now have a reading between 8 and 8.2. Thanks again
eric olsen
eric olsen - 7 years ago
It was very challenging to get to 7.6. I also got rid of the API test kits. Trying to match the correct shade was impossible. I got a digital Milwaukee PH 600 PH pen. It is a great tool to make sure your reading is accurate. Bummer was the calibrating packet did not come with the pen so I had to wait and reorder. I am hopping the elevated PH will increase coral growth because right now it is very slow. Anyway I really appreciate the video. Keep up the awesome vids.
ReefDudes
ReefDudes - 7 years ago
That's awesome Eric! Its amazing how a little tweak can make a big difference! What was your PH prior to pulling in the fresher air?
#Rossy's Reeftank
#Rossy's Reeftank - 7 years ago
great video!
dudesreef
dudesreef - 7 years ago
Really good video man, my trick is to have the window always open and use lots kalk =)
ReefDudes
ReefDudes - 7 years ago
Now thats its summer i always have my windows cracked! Kalk didnt seem to make a big enough jump in my tank. It seemed like i had to drip it faster than my tank evaporated it so i quit using it
TJ Morehouse
TJ Morehouse - 7 years ago
What's a hydroge ion? I tried looking it up and couldn't find it.
timothymorehouse
timothymorehouse - 7 years ago
ReefDudes haha no worries I was just playing with ya.
ReefDudes
ReefDudes - 7 years ago
hahaah woops.. no more shooting videos at 2am. That would be Hydrogen with a missing N ;)
kingofsol
kingofsol - 7 years ago
Nice video.
ReefDudes
ReefDudes - 7 years ago
It most certainly would! I forgot bout that one.. good call and thanks for adding it to the list!
The Glitch
The Glitch - 7 years ago
Cracking vid! I'm doing all suggestions there, barring kalk, as i dont trust my ATO to not dump it all into my sump. PH is sitting at 7.7 still. Boo hiss!
ReefDudes
ReefDudes - 7 years ago
No prob! Another thing i do is dose my alkalinity at night to help compensate for the ph drop at night. If you own the house and have a close outside wall a little hole and a tube would be the trick.
The Glitch
The Glitch - 7 years ago
ReefDudes having the airline for the skimmer sticking out of my window has def helped things along, though I've not drilled anything, but it's summer now so I can have my window open and the aerator fan blowing air towards the sump with the door open, so I'm hoping that combo will help. I'll look into alternative dosing of the white stuff too. Cheers!
ReefDudes
ReefDudes - 7 years ago
You could try a Kalk stirrer, or just drip kalk separately from the ATO. I havent went through the effort but i think running the skimmer air line outside is your best bet.
Dave Green
Dave Green - 7 years ago
thank you very good information
Kristian Modolo
Kristian Modolo - 7 years ago
great vid, can u do 1 on alkalinity?
ReefDudes
ReefDudes - 7 years ago
Kristian Modolo I will add it to the list!
Infamous Aquatics
Infamous Aquatics - 7 years ago
Sub button turned you into a superhero! well done on the video. loved the background.
ReefDudes
ReefDudes - 7 years ago
Why thank you!
Aquarium Sunshine's Valley
Aquarium Sunshine's Valley - 7 years ago
Great background indeed!
ReefDudes
ReefDudes - 7 years ago
hehe Likes and Subs are my inspiration to keep making great content!

20. comment for How to raise PH in a reef tank - PH explained and simplified AskReefDudes

Mike Lemming
Mike Lemming - 7 years ago
Well done!
ReefDudes
ReefDudes - 7 years ago
Thanks Mike!
Young Tank
Young Tank - 7 years ago
Great info

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