bler Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 I know a lot of us are dealing with fires.. and I have not had any aquariums setup during fire season so I was wondering if there were anything to do/note regarding tanks with all the smoke and fires. One thing I noticed was that my ph dropped from the ~8 range to mid 7's, I have all my windows closed.. I also noticed a bit of a film so I'm assuming it was due to air quality and probably stagnant air in the house. I added an airstone which seems to have cleared up the film and ph appears to be slowly getting back to normal but I really don't want to open windows for my own health with air quality so poor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClark Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 Interesting... PH drop makes sense with closed windows. Not sure if it matters or not, but makes sense. Film is often bacteria, may or may not be related? Sharing for what its worth... bump! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Z Reef Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 My pH has been relatively close, not enough to quantify any changes from it. I did just for safety sake (and it was more or less due) swap my carbon out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bler Posted September 12, 2020 Author Share Posted September 12, 2020 Yeah, it was a day my wife and I were home all day.. it felt pretty stuffy so I figured that would be it, but I'm sure letting in 'fresh air' in wouldn't be much better It never really dropped below 7.5 and it's back up to the higher 7's today after the night (it's usually around 8 so it's not a huge swing).. I'm sure there is a lot less oxygen in the air in general and pulling in 'fresh air' from outside to run through the air pump would be detrimental. I do have a bin outside curing some LR which I promptly covered to keep any ash out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xmas_one Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 (edited) Mine has dropped ~0.5 pH over the last week. Edited September 12, 2020 by xmas_one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bevo5 Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 Interesting. I've been having a hard time keeping my PH up for about a week now, but I wasn't really connecting those dots. I didn't switch anything and now I'm hovering right about 8.0 with lights on, and dipping to 7.8-7.9 overnight. I never really open any windows, so that didn't change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdxmonkeyboy Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 Wild fires release a ton of CO2 into the atmosphere, thereby decreasing PH. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bler Posted September 12, 2020 Author Share Posted September 12, 2020 1 hour ago, pdxmonkeyboy said: Wild fires release a ton of CO2 into the atmosphere, thereby decreasing PH. I kinda figured this was the case.. I don't chase 'perfect numbers' so I wasn't worried, especially after realizing all other water parameters were fine. Just something interesting to notice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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