Hey all. Im changing salts. Been using red sea coral plus for years. Did a triton test that yielded some elevated metal results. I blame the salt. So whic should i go with?
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I was using RC but switched to IO due to the major swings in ALk after water changes (sometimes from 9 to 15) for a few days. I have read the cause of the swings was due to the fact that I run bio pellets. Im not sure how that matters but since the switch to IO I have not had any more ALk swings. I do run a CA reactor to keep all of my levels up.
I switched from Salinity to RC recently, and am unhappy with the high Alk post water changes. I am planning on switching tho IO when I use the last of my RC
Numbers please? What do you consider high ALK? Is it beyond the acceptable range? Are your corals suffering? Or is it simply that you want a particular number? Apparently your ALK isn't being used up. Is yours a dominant softy tank?
I've been using RC for 5yrs. However the last 9 months has been on a dominant LPS/SPS tank. I have to dose 20ml daily of soda ash to keep up with the ALK demand.