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Hi there. I was having/am having a problem with my alk increasing without dosing anything except KZ amino acids, CV, pohls extra, ab+, and phyto that I am culturing myself.
I noticed the trend of increasing alkalinity thanks to my trident. I stopped dosing everything did a 20% water change that that stopped everything. Alk is now starting to fall slowly, about .2 per day.
Could any of those additives be adding nitrate which is causing my alk to climb? I think the phyto is the most likely. I’m using hydro algal fertilizer from Mercer of Montana. Which is Guillard f/2.
Thanks for any insight.
I noticed the trend of increasing alkalinity thanks to my trident. I stopped dosing everything did a 20% water change that that stopped everything. Alk is now starting to fall slowly, about .2 per day.
Could any of those additives be adding nitrate which is causing my alk to climb? I think the phyto is the most likely. I’m using hydro algal fertilizer from Mercer of Montana. Which is Guillard f/2.
Thanks for any insight.