CO2 and ph Drop Test

tackful

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Mar 15, 2007
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I have a drop checker and am familiar with the ph/kh/co2 charts, but there's something I don't yet understand about the ph drop test. According to Rex Grigg, if there is a 1 degree difference in ph between tank water and a sample left out overnight, then the tank has 30 ppm co2. How is this correspondence determined? Just curious. Thanks.
 
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