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    Posted: June 19 2010 at 10:24pm
I was just thinking after I posted on someone else question about moonlights. Do moonlights help stabilize the pH swing after the main lights come off? 
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The pH swing happens because there is more CO2 and not as much Oxygen in the water when  photosynthesis stops during the dark. Moonlight does not have the intensity or color to enable photosynthesis.

Are you having a problem with low pH? What are the pH numbers in the afternoon and again before sunrise?
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