Need help & advise.. Extremely low PH!

[keanetom]

I'm staying at the opposite of the island. Maybe you can PM ray and see when u can drop by his house to test your tank and sump water samples.

Roger that.. Thanks for your advice!

[raydiative]

Hi bro, me at blk 148.. Where is yr location? Will it be better to borrow your PH monitor to test in my tank or i bring the water to your hse for test?

you got PM

[jackywongto]

Ok.. will try that later... But i notice the reading fluctuate when i move it to different position / location.. Or when i shake it..

my take is more like probe cabling or the sensor tip broke .... maybe.

hopefully the meter is ok.

BTW, the probe you would need to replace every 18 months.

[keanetom]

I think bro Jacky is rite.. cabling problem.. I test my water in a cup and the reading is ok.. Now try to locate the probe to a position where the reading is good.. But think need to change probe liao...

Anyway, thanks for all bros advise and help! Really appreciate... Cheers!

[keanetom]

my take is more like probe cabling or the sensor tip broke .... maybe.

hopefully the meter is ok.

BTW, the probe you would need to replace every 18 months.

Yar.. need to change liao.. but probe quite exp rite? Where to get Pinpoint probe?

[jackywongto]

Yar.. need to change liao.. but probe quite exp rite? Where to get Pinpoint probe?

quite a number of places sell them, yup not cheap.

maybe about $80.

RD, DE Lighting sells them.

I think SL and ML too.

call PetMart. it might be cheaper.

price can defer quite a lot.

[bluesotong]

Yar.. need to change liao.. but probe quite exp rite? Where to get Pinpoint probe?

the probe is about $69, you will need to get the calibration fluids at $4 each. (7 and either 4 or 10).

[nakazoru]

Just buy some Litmus Paper... Or get it from me dude. I stay Toa Payoh.

I always keep some as PH probe always drift.

PH 1 is not hospitable for living organism. Too acidic, and will adjust upwards because it will neutralise with the environment over time. You will see corals dying and coraline disappearing, coral skeleton melting...

[yikai]

impossible for your pH to be so low bah probably problem with your equipment. too low pH means its too acidic, but pH doesnt determine the strength of the acid. so don't worry about it "burning" your hands. hydrochloric acid and vinegar have very similar pH levels but extremely different corrosive properties

anyway, get a new probe to test.