So over the past month or so I haven’t really been testing my coral QT tank, just doing weekly water changes and keeping an eye on all the corals and they are all healthy, happy and growing. I’ve even recently moved some upset corals from my main display back to the QT and within a week they have started to heal.
but then yesterday I was submitting a sample to AquaBiomics and they wanted to know water parameters so I tested everything.
ALK came back at 3.0 (55ppm with Hanna)
I checked that reading twice, and then confirmed it with a salifert test kit as well.
Calcium came in at 380 and mag of 1300
the only thing I can think of is that the GIANT clam in there is sucking up stuff way faster than I imagined, but everything is happy.
should I try to slowly raise the ALK and Calcium back up to “normal” range? Or leave it alone and continue with what I’ve been doing since everything is growing?
oddly enough the main DT with readings of 7.4 ALK 450 Calcium and 1350 MAG, almost all the corals are super upset.
not sure what’s going on, just hoping for An outside opinion.
but then yesterday I was submitting a sample to AquaBiomics and they wanted to know water parameters so I tested everything.
ALK came back at 3.0 (55ppm with Hanna)
I checked that reading twice, and then confirmed it with a salifert test kit as well.
Calcium came in at 380 and mag of 1300
the only thing I can think of is that the GIANT clam in there is sucking up stuff way faster than I imagined, but everything is happy.
should I try to slowly raise the ALK and Calcium back up to “normal” range? Or leave it alone and continue with what I’ve been doing since everything is growing?
oddly enough the main DT with readings of 7.4 ALK 450 Calcium and 1350 MAG, almost all the corals are super upset.
not sure what’s going on, just hoping for An outside opinion.