It's worth the trip to Encino to see Dave's setup. Everytime I see it it is improved one way or another. The free corals make it even more worthwhile! Sadly my work schedule has me super busy at the moment. I will be luck too get to the coral show for a hour or two on Sunday.
If anyone needs Calcium Chloride I can bring some. I also have rainbow BTAs from 2-12" available, as well as Purple Rain BTAs 4-8" mostly. Check my for sale threads here for more details and photos.
Time or water changes, assuming you new water is lower in PH. Its usually pretty hard get PH that high in a reef tank. I would make sure your reading is accurate. How are checking your PH? What are you dosing? Your Alk is a bit high which will contribute to hi PH.