Alk problem

[smcomo06]

Kind of new to this, no corals in tank but levels are as follows;
Alk 5.5
Cal. 437
Mag. 1373
Tank 2 months old, should I dose Alk ?
Cycle should be complete have 6 fish doing well at these levels.

 

[Mebbid]

the answer is.. Maybe? We need more information first.

What's your water change schedule look like and what salt are you using?
What test kit are you using?
How much coral do you have?

 

[smcomo06]

No corals in tank yet. Tropic marine pro.

 

[smcomo06]

Water change weekly at most 2 weeks

 

[smcomo06]

Hanna and trident

 

[Idech]

No corals in tank yet. Tropic marine pro.

Tropic Marin should give you alk between 7-8 ppm from what I read. If you have no corals, are making WC and everything else is within the salt parameters, I would think it’s a testing error.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Cycling tends to lower alk.