luckycat
Aquarium Advice Freak
I purchased a RedSea Ph/Alk test kit...I have had some issues with snails dying and a lot of unwanted hair algae, and thought for the heck of it I would check Alk. I check ammonia (0), nitrates/nitrites (both 0), salinity (1.022) regularly but I don't have any other test kits.
First, the Alk test is pretty granular - Low/Med/High - but my alk is definately "low", at the bottom of the spectrum.
PH has been pretty solid for me at 8.2. At some point it seemed to drop when I tested it at 11 pm to around 7 something, but it was a one day event seemingly. Ph 8.2 was also tested with the RedSea test.
First, can low alk cause snail deaths (after about 1-3 weeks of acclimination in a tank - and btw I do about 2 hr acclimation cycles). All of my fish have been prospering, but crabs (emerald) that I had for about a year also died in this new tank, as well as some porcelein crabs that I had (all seem to be gone).
First, the Alk test is pretty granular - Low/Med/High - but my alk is definately "low", at the bottom of the spectrum.
PH has been pretty solid for me at 8.2. At some point it seemed to drop when I tested it at 11 pm to around 7 something, but it was a one day event seemingly. Ph 8.2 was also tested with the RedSea test.
First, can low alk cause snail deaths (after about 1-3 weeks of acclimination in a tank - and btw I do about 2 hr acclimation cycles). All of my fish have been prospering, but crabs (emerald) that I had for about a year also died in this new tank, as well as some porcelein crabs that I had (all seem to be gone).