Hey setting up new tank, tank cycling is done . My alkalinity is 5.8 and salinity is 1.033. What am I supposed to do?Change water with Rodi water and add soda ash or bicarbonate? Plz help
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To lower salinity just take a half gallon or so of water out at a time and replace with RODI, check salinity every few hours till you’re down to 1.025. I used seachem’s reef builder (attached a photo) about once a week, you probably won’t need to use it as much because you don’t have corals but I mix half a teaspoon of the powder with about 1 cup of RODI and pour it in front of a high flow area, raises it about 1-2dkh. hope this helps!Hey setting up new tank, tank cycling is done . My alkalinity is 5.8 and salinity is 1.033. What am I supposed to do?Change water with Rodi water and add soda ash or bicarbonate? Plz help
To lower salinity just take a half gallon or so of water out at a time and replace with RODI, check salinity every few hours till you’re down to 1.025. I used seachem’s reef builder (attached a photo) about once a week, you probably won’t need to use it as much because you don’t have corals but I mix half a teaspoon of the powder with about 1 cup of RODI and pour it in front of a high flow area, raises it about 1-2dkh. hope this helps!
note: if you can, at some point i would invest in a alkalinity hanna checker, just a little pricey.
More information about your tank and even pictures of your set up would help everyone offer you more specific advice.Hey setting up new tank, tank cycling is done . My alkalinity is 5.8 and salinity is 1.033. What am I supposed to do?Change water with Rodi water and add soda ash or bicarbonate? Plz help
There’s no fish in tank. So u mean don’t worry about alkalinity before I add fish. Tank is fully cycled.Hopefully there are no fish in the tank, so just add rodi water till you get to the right salinity.
Why testing alk while cycling? No need to test alk until you are interested in corals.
More information about your tank and even pictures of your set up would help everyone offer you more specific advice.
However I would always calibrate your salinity testing device before making salinity changes, all testing devices can drift and a lot of amazon refractometers come in miscalibrated. Calibration solution is super cheap and you should have some on hand.
Do you have an auto top off on the system? If not, it is helpful to mark the water level in your return pump section of tank when the salinity is good so you know when to top off the tank with RODI water.
Your tank will constantly evaporate water and leave the salt, so it is important to top off your tank with RODI water regularly.
Alk can be raised in many ways, bicarbonate is a good one.
Refractometer is calibrated using the solution. No auto topoff, no fish in the tank, just finished the cycling. Should I raise alkalinity before adding fish.More information about your tank and even pictures of your set up would help everyone offer you more specific advice.
However I would always calibrate your salinity testing device before making salinity changes, all testing devices can drift and a lot of amazon refractometers come in miscalibrated. Calibration solution is super cheap and you should have some on hand.
Do you have an auto top off on the system? If not, it is helpful to mark the water level in your return pump section of tank when the salinity is good so you know when to top off the tank with RODI water.
Your tank will constantly evaporate water and leave the salt, so it is important to top off your tank with RODI water regularly.
Alk can be raised in many ways, bicarbonate is a good one.
Thats right. For fish, the only things I measure are salinity, temperature, and nitrate. I do weekly water changes which keeps the tank in line.There’s no fish in tank. So u mean don’t worry about alkalinity before I add fish. Tank is fully cycled.
What you testing alk with? Also ehat salt mix are you using.
It’s the Hannah tester, using tropic Marin pro reef salt.Thats right. For fish, the only things I measure are salinity, temperature, and nitrate. I do weekly water changes which keeps the tank in line.
All others such as alk, calcium, magnesium, etc.... only when you want corals
Thank youTo lower salinity just take a half gallon or so of water out at a time and replace with RODI, check salinity every few hours till you’re down to 1.025. I used seachem’s reef builder (attached a photo) about once a week, you probably won’t need to use it as much because you don’t have corals but I mix half a teaspoon of the powder with about 1 cup of RODI and pour it in front of a high flow area, raises it about 1-2dkh. hope this helps!
Great to hear, I would just top off the tank with RODI water until its at the correct salinity, you can pull out some of the saltwater if needed. Keep a good eye on salinity as fish are sensitive to rapid salinity changes.Refractometer is calibrated using the solution. No auto topoff, no fish in the tank, just finished the cycling. Should I raise alkalinity before adding fish.
Great to hear, I would just top off the tank with RODI water until its at the correct salinity, you can pull out some of the saltwater if needed. Keep a good eye on salinity as fish are sensitive to rapid salinity changes.
I would correct Alk before adding fish, low alkalinity can cause PH issues.
The rapid bacteria bloom from cycling the tank probably depleted the alk and may continue to do so. I would recommend keeping an eye on it, but as mentioned by others fish are not as sensitive to alk fluctuations as corals are. But that is no excuse to ignore it.
Bicarbonate works great, you can even use arm and hammer stuff from the grocery store (pure unscented stuff of course) if you don't wanna spend too much $$. Just follow randy's DIY recipe #2.
https://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-02/rhf/index.ph
Thank you so much..Great to hear, I would just top off the tank with RODI water until its at the correct salinity, you can pull out some of the saltwater if needed. Keep a good eye on salinity as fish are sensitive to rapid salinity changes.
I would correct Alk before adding fish, low alkalinity can cause PH issues.
The rapid bacteria bloom from cycling the tank probably depleted the alk and may continue to do so. I would recommend keeping an eye on it, but as mentioned by others fish are not as sensitive to alk fluctuations as corals are. But that is no excuse to ignore it.
Bicarbonate works great, you can even use arm and hammer stuff from the grocery store (pure unscented stuff of course) if you don't wanna spend too much $$. Just follow randy's DIY recipe #2.
https://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-02/rhf/index.php#11
I just edited my last post and a little bit in the middle about micro fauna and macro algae that might help with your tanks future.Than
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