alk

My alk is at 17 dKH and I was told a water change would fix this. However, after changing out about 5gal from my 20gal tank, the alk stayed the same. I’ve read in other threads that some people suggest acid, but others heavily warn against it. Is this a problem I just have to wait out?

Hi everyone, I recently installed an apex system on my tank, I have the dosing pump as well it just hasn't been installed yet. I initially set the unit up about a week ago and I got an really low alk reading initially i think the number was 5dkh. I went ahead and started doing some brightwell...

I know I ALWAYS have a little ‘test anxiety’ when performing my water tests every week (alk every other day). I always hope everything turns out well and it usually does. Problem is, when it doesn’t (or I have missed a few weeks of testing), it can sometimes bring on a little panic as the...

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Background: I have a FOWLR tank that I'm getting ready to convert into a reef tank. It's established (for about 6 years now) and I started buying the extras (lights, pumps, trident for monitoring, DOS pumps for dosing) because I know me, and I know the more automated I can get it, the more...

So my I noticed my Alk dropping just before the new year. It's typically steady in the mid 8's but my Trident was showing a pretty consistent drop. You can see in the attached pictures it went from 8.39 to 7.0 in just 3 days or so. Now I have a DOS, with Trident controlled dosing which is...

Not sure if this question has been asked before but is there a possibility I could negatively Affect my tank if I choose to dose soda ash since my tanks dkh and ph have been relatively low lately dkh 7.4 ph 7.8≈ - Hector

Hi all, It's my first post on this forum! I couldn't find the answer after looking around the forum for a while. I was looking into starting dosing AFR to maintain my alk and calcium but the instructions say to dose until you achieve 9dkh. I'm using the red sea coral pro salt which gets me...

Heyo, ** Questions: - from what I'd read if I were to dose some of the calcium carbonate part of my b ionic solution it - seemed like I could precipitate out some phos into crystals, out of water column, but being that I don't have a skimmer I don't think this would be beneficial to export it...

I've been struggling to get a grip on a low alkalinity problem in both my tanks. I've got a 20g reef only tank with a few beginners corals (zoas, acans, etc.) and two SPS corals (purple birdsnest and a green pavona). They all seem fine, the birdsnest is doing well, but my pavona is starting to...

As you can see the JF Kamikazi on the bottom left is RTNing pretty fast noticed it about 3 days ago. I am going to cut it up. However, last night I noticed the monti was getting the white fuzzy almost fuzzy like spots. Is this also dying or is something eating it? I have been observing them for...

So I was speaking to my LFS earlier and they said that my alk could be rising because I have started using nopox to lower nitrates. This sounded odd but what they said kind of made sense and the time frames coinside. So my nitrates where really high at 40ppm before and my alk was at 9.1. I...

So I made a post earlier asking about new salt and I have since bought the tropic Marin salt. I was looking for salt with lower dkh as I prefer to run lower and the salt I was using was inconsistent and mixed wildly different figures each time I used it. So now I have picked my new salt I was...

So I have an issue that i can't seem to find a solution to online anywhere. Over the past few weeks my alk has slowly been rising. I run my mixed reef normally at 9 dkh but over the past weeks it has slowly been creeping up, currently 9.6 confined by a Hannah checkers and a salifert test. I am...

Hi, i have been reefing for little over a year, and have had good success with my nano low tech tank. Simple waterchanges have allowed me to grow some birdsnest SPS and montipora. I am slowly planning on doing a high tech tank, and a little larger one. I wanted to have my first sump. But here...

Hello, I have two dosers and ESV B-ionic two part. My alk is 9.5. Calcium 415. Salt 1.25 Nitrates/Phosphates at 0 (I'm trying to rise it). My acros feeling bad (bleaching). Soft skin acros feels well. I have 4 small SPS frags and two small LPS frag in the tank. Coraline algae start to grow...

Hannah Checkers (just the checkers) Alk Calc w New Box of Titrates Phosphorus ULR These do not have titrates, except for the calcium which has a new one (others are expired and trash). $130 shipped in contiguous USA. Thanks!

What an ICP-OES machine CANNOT test As the company that developed the method for sea water analysis and making broadband testing available to aquarists, we at TRITON often get asked what an ICP-OES machine CAN test. These days it is getting more and more confusing with the proliferation of...

Hi everyone! I have been battling a mild Dino outbreak and part of my plan of action is no water changes. My alk has dropped to 6DKH and my Cal to 360ppm it used to be 8DKH and 420ppm. This Alk and Cal consumption happened over the span of 20 days so it wasn’t a fast change. My PH was at 8.2...

Hi folks, So I have been dosing Lanthanum from ATM agent green. At first I was dosing 2 mls per day, now I am up to 12 mls per day, to maintain phosophates where I want them. I think it is throwing my alk out of whack too. Has anyone else experienced this and what did you do to rectify the...

Has anyone else had an issue with IO Reef Crystals having super high calc? I had a calc reading of 518 in my tank over the weekend and a fellow reefer on here suggested I mix some fresh SW and test the params, so I did and at 1.026 ppm, Reef Crystals is measuring calc at 522. Anyone else had...

So I received my Trident a couple days ago. I've been playing around with it and here's what I've come up with so far. They give you a small piece of paper in the box that tells you to go to TASKS>Trident Initial Setup. They also give you a piece of paper with a BIG NO NO on plugging it in...

I see the Alkatronic allows you to connect to an Apex pH (via something like the PM1 module), for monitoring and keeping the data within fusion. Can the GHL director do similar?

So the past few days I've been testing. In short, I tested the Alk initially, after three days, and after six days. It had averaged a drop of 0.166 dKh/day for both tests. I used the Hannah alk checker, along with my standard for assurance. Basically, my (130ish gallon) system went from 8.2 to...

Is my tank too dirty? What do I add for a CUC? I have 3 mexican turbo snails, 4 astrea, 1 nassatrius (idk) snail, I had 1 tiger conch but I haven't seen him in a week. My corals and fish seem happy and my corals are open and growing pretty quickly. Parameters: Alk: 9.2dKH Cal: 400ppm Mg...