is 7.6dkh kH, low?

[daney90]

Quick ? What's wrong with the alk being 7 I keep mine between 7-8 no higher and with your salt at 1.025 I don't think you should go higher than 8. With that said I had the same problem at startup I used baking soda mixed with rodi water to get my alk up then once where I wanted it I went back to esv there's a calculator you can use will try find it and post.

Yeah I agree with the numbers you posted but mine went down as low as 4.8dkh and the highest was 8.2.

 

[Greenstreet.1]

Did you try the baking soda? It works.

 

[daney90]

Any where between 8-12. Stability is key, my lfs looks for around 10.5 in there tanks. Mine is 9.1-9.8. When my acans started to melt it was 5.6 they fully recovered and I'm seeing good growth in corals and clams.

Im trying to a for 9 right now.. The reef calculator for randy says i need to dose 100ml so im going to divide that to 5 days while keeping an eye on my calc and ph as well. My acans are getting smaller. They used to look like a Canadian toonie now theyre like quarters lol!!

 

[daney90]

Did you try the baking soda? It works.

Haven't tried baking soda. Im afraid the baking soda we have here in Canada contain something that makes it bubble up when mixed with water.

 

[54seaweed]

shoot for a alk range of 8-12
I settled for 10 and it made a world of difference
I haven't tried the seltzer water trick but I heard a lot of good things about it it's used as a top off and the gases help raise alk levels to a safe range

 

[Greenstreet.1]

This is the one I used. It works I only had to do it one time and you can use the calculator to tell you how much to add to ro water.

 

[Gregcoyote]

Haven't tried baking soda. Im afraid the baking soda we have here in Canada contain something that makes it bubble up when mixed with water.

I think that's baking powder, different stuff. Arm and Hammer baking soda is world wide, I think. You are looking for pure sodium bicarbonate.

 

[Gregcoyote]

How can seltzer water raise ph? It has carbon dioxide in it. It should lower ph shouldn't it?

 

[Greenstreet.1]

How can seltzer water raise ph? It has carbon dioxide in it. It should lower ph shouldn't it?

Staying away from that one lol but I did hear of it in the pass never tried it.

 

[54seaweed]

I don't know much about it but they always talk about it at the fish shop
they say it works thats about all I know next time I go in I'll ask about it

 

[Gregcoyote]

I'm just curious.

There's nothing in seltzer water but C02, it should have no effect on Kh that I can see.
This says it lowers PH:

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-03/rhf/

 

[Greenstreet.1]

I'm just curious.

I know what my mother told me bout curiosity what did yours tell you? Lol lol

 

[Gregcoyote]

I know what my mother told me bout curiosity what did yours tell you? Lol lol

LOL, I'm an engineer, we were born curious.

 

[Greenstreet.1]

LOL, I'm an engineer, we were born curious.

That reefkeeping I read that when I started with sps that is a great read everyone that has a saltwater tank should read it.

 

[daney90]

Curiosity got me into this hobby lol! Didnt know anyone who keeps saltwater tank before but everytime I go to lfs I always get stuck in front of their reef tank.


ok so Its goin to be couple of mins just before lights turns off. Should I test the water now that the lights are still on? or should I test it an hour after the lights are off just like yesterday?

 

[Greenstreet.1]

Test with it on then went it off for a few hours test again test you ph and alk also.

 

[Greenstreet.1]

Test with it on then went it off for a few hours test again test you ph and alk also.

Sorry iPhone. Test with it on then wait till it goes off for a few hours then test again test your ph and all also.

 

[Daniel Fishy]

What's a Canadian toonie? Like Canadian bacon size? When you dose ph will raise and drop that's why do it hours after the lights are off, or before you turn them on the ph will raise slowly over hours of the lights being on by then the spike will be over. If your ph is stable 8.1-8.2 it will return to that level. You could dose half and then later the other half to have a smaller spike. You might have to dose more the first couple days to get it were you want it. Then find out what is needed to maintain. I was dosing 60 to70 ml the first couple days.

 

[daney90]

These are the results i got when the lights were on..

PH -8
KH-6.3dkh
Ca-420

Last night was
Ph-8.1
KH-5.9
Ca-420

It looks like my KH went up a little when I dosed 20ml of that b-ionic 2 part

 

[Daniel Fishy]

I would dose 30ml or 40ml next.