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From: greg@legs.UUCP (Greg Ebert)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: Re: raising pH in a marine tank..
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Date: 15 Jan 90 20:46:58 GMT
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In article <25AED539.16687@paris.ics.uci.edu>, rang@paris.ics.uci.edu (Roger Penaranda Jr. Ang) writes:
> Hi there,
> 	I'm just about ready to start up a marine tank.  Just need to
> raise the pH a tad (it's 7.9 right now). 

	Do you have enough crushed coral in the bottom ? It is a natural
	pH buffer which will 'dissolve' until acidic water is brought
	up to 8.3-8.4 . Be careful about your pH test kit. If it's old,
	dirty, contaminated, wrong water temp, it won't be accurate.