Tap water PH

idl

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I use tap water to water with. I let it sit out for 24 hours before using or adding nutes to it.

It used to come out very close 7 and would drop a tad in the 24 hours to what seemed to be a perfect number - 6.5 - 6.8.

2 months later (being now) the outside temp has risen from freezing to 50-70 depending. I have also noticed my waters PH dropping to around 5.5 and then finally rising when it sits out.

Does anyone know why this might happen?
 

idl

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Makes sense but why is there that much more, or less, chlorine now that it is hotter out? Or does it just heat up and cause a different effect?
 
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