Thanks for the suggestions lotus. My room is is usually pretty cool, cooler than the rest of the house (I put the tank here to try and prevent too much evaporation). I'll probably use that filter since its basically just a pump or maybe an extra pump I have sitting around and for now use the extra heater just in case.
I am figuring it out fast that temperature does have a big affect on salinity and I should have realized this being a chem major. With the temperature, the salinity is now at about 1.023 @76 degrees Fahrenheit so it seems that is pretty stable. I'm not sure if that had an effect on my pH cause i'm not sure if salinity would effect it or not but maybe.
One issue I have come across is that my alkalinity seems on the low side. Can someone tell me what affect this will have and or how I can fix it, if needed.
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20 Gallon High Reef
2 orange skunk clowns, 1 yellow watchman goby, soft corals, zoas
46 Gallon Planted
6 tiger barbs, 2 yoyo loaches, 2 keyhole cichlids, 1 cherry barb, 1 blue gourami
29 Gallon Planted
11 harlequin rasboras, 3 cories, 1 betta
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