Hi everyone, after scanning the various threads about Alk going up, I was curious what fixes there might be. The major issue is that my nutrients are low and I am struggling to get them to go up and am also struggling to get my alk to go down. Therefore, I am in a bit of a bind here as certain lps and sps just slowly waste away due to the disparity between nutrients and alk.
I have been feeding more and also dosing nitrate and phosphate (tropic marin) and am using red sea blue bucket salt. Alk will dip to maybe 9.5-9.6 after a waterchange, but then will slowly creep back up to 9.8-10 over a few days and sit there. Ideally, I’d like to work my alk down to around 8.
The tank was started with caribsea special grade reef sand and with marco dry rock. Tank is 8 months old. Any advice is appreciated!
I have been feeding more and also dosing nitrate and phosphate (tropic marin) and am using red sea blue bucket salt. Alk will dip to maybe 9.5-9.6 after a waterchange, but then will slowly creep back up to 9.8-10 over a few days and sit there. Ideally, I’d like to work my alk down to around 8.
The tank was started with caribsea special grade reef sand and with marco dry rock. Tank is 8 months old. Any advice is appreciated!