but it saves me from inaccurate testing.i read an article not too long ago that said that ph swings happen in the wild day vs night too. those probes just makes you think too much imo, if the tank looks healthy, it is.
+1i have heard people leaving there refuge light on during the night and turning it off during the day to help stabilize the system.
Yup, this can help.i have heard people leaving there refuge light on during the night and turning it off during the day to help stabilize the system.
http://www.chicagoreefs.com/forums/showpost.php?p=8556&postcount=10I read something once by Holmes that says: "The net effect of these processes is that pH rises during the day and drops at night in most reef aquaria. This change varies from less than a tenth of a pH unit, to more than 0.5 pH units in typical aquaria."
I don't know anyone who swings 0.5, but he thinks it's "typical" (Mine swings 0.2 per day)
Here's the article:
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-09/rhf/index.php
I do this as well, works good so far.... my pH goes from 8.0 in the day time, to 7.8-7.9 at night... I'm not really too worried about it, because as other have said, if the tank looks healthy it is.. My corals are all opened up, and everything looks great...i have heard people leaving there refuge light on during the night and turning it off during the day to help stabilize the system.
I would say you are looking for pH swing among reefs, not the entire ocean itself. I don't care about what is going on in the open blue water, nor anywhere else that does not have a reef concerning the species of coral I keep.has anyone actually place a pH probe in the ocean to see if there is a pH swing? the ocean is such a large body of water, I don't know if it actually has any measurable swings of anything. anyone read any articles on this?