To the point I want to bail. Looking at very unhappy, dieing, or dead coral is wearing on me.
It's pretty obvious it's due to the air conditioner being on and the house closed up. I know the simple answer is opening the house but then there will be a heat issue to deal with and a hot and bothered family. Once the temp looks like it will stay around 81 or lower for a couple days I'll do just that.
What I've done so far:
•Have 2 larger air pumps feeding 3 larger air stones in my sump. Looks like a pot of boiling water in my skimmer compartment.
•Stopped using the Ca Reactor - Switched back to 2 part.
•Added a Kalk Reactor for all the top off water.
•Recently changed 120g of 150g TWICE!!!
•Changed the deep sand bed in the fuge.
•Set up a fan to blow on the sump as soon as the pH drops below 7.98 to promote evaporation so the ATO calls for more Kalk water.
•Calibrated, checked and re-checked the probes.
•Tried an Ani unit
When I'm home and it gets below 7.9 I dose some Kalk slurry. Within 3 hours it's dropped like a rock and again heading below 7.9. I wake up to 7.8 pretty regularly.
I know there are fresh air exchangers but they are pretty expensive and the funds aren't available.
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated because I'm getting very frustrated.
Oh! and I've change the bulbs in hopes that the new ones would, if even a little, help the corals. I can't remember the last time I've seen the polyps on my sps.
It's pretty obvious it's due to the air conditioner being on and the house closed up. I know the simple answer is opening the house but then there will be a heat issue to deal with and a hot and bothered family. Once the temp looks like it will stay around 81 or lower for a couple days I'll do just that.
What I've done so far:
•Have 2 larger air pumps feeding 3 larger air stones in my sump. Looks like a pot of boiling water in my skimmer compartment.
•Stopped using the Ca Reactor - Switched back to 2 part.
•Added a Kalk Reactor for all the top off water.
•Recently changed 120g of 150g TWICE!!!
•Changed the deep sand bed in the fuge.
•Set up a fan to blow on the sump as soon as the pH drops below 7.98 to promote evaporation so the ATO calls for more Kalk water.
•Calibrated, checked and re-checked the probes.
•Tried an Ani unit
When I'm home and it gets below 7.9 I dose some Kalk slurry. Within 3 hours it's dropped like a rock and again heading below 7.9. I wake up to 7.8 pretty regularly.
I know there are fresh air exchangers but they are pretty expensive and the funds aren't available.
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated because I'm getting very frustrated.
Oh! and I've change the bulbs in hopes that the new ones would, if even a little, help the corals. I can't remember the last time I've seen the polyps on my sps.