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Old 12-12-2010, 03:22 PM
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However an air stone produce a lot of salt splash and salt creep everywhere when the little bubbles burst. Very messy. Obviously your low PH was caused by lack of aeration.

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Originally Posted by Dyspnea View Post
Anyways what solved my problem was just using a small air pump with a wooden airstone in my sump and it drastically raised by ph to 8.5 over the course of several days.

So look at your water flow/ oxygenation.
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