Hey Fish, been a long time...is your PH coming down yet? It took my system about 90 days before it started slowly moving down. It started @ 7.2 then went up to 8.4, stayed between 8.4 & 8.2 for about 90 days. It's now has been just over 100 days and PH is down to 8.0 with both my Ammonia & Nitrite's @ 0 ppm.

Nitrates started up slowly for about 6 weeks before taking off...now are at 160 ppm.

Would love to hear from you...enjoy the holidays.