Maho.B
Active Member
Hello All, I am looking for some advice on stabilizing my alkalinity. I have had very small swings in Alk (less than 0.2 swing in a 24 hour period) for quite awhile now. About a month ago we changed internet providers and a new wifi network, needless to say, all things automated on my reef were off network and there was a struggle with getting some items on the new network. During this time, my auto doser went off schedule and I noticed my Alk slowly rising, so I stopped dosing for half a day, then set it to a lower dose amount and let it come down slowly. I have been running my Alk at 7.9-8.0 prior to this. Lowering the dose amount per day, it slowly went back down to 8.0. Now, leaving it at this lower dose, it is now creeping back up again. here are the latest readings since getting it back to 8.0
9/30/25: 8.0 @7am
9/30/25: 8.1 @7pm
10/1/25: 8.1 @8am
10/1/25: 8.2 @8pm
10/3/25: 8.2 @8am
10/3/25: 8.4 @8pm
10/4/25: 8.4 @12pm
10/5/25: 8.5 @11am
The trend shows it slowly rising again even though my dosing amount per day is still 7ml less than it had been prior to this and it was always stable at 7.9-8.0 Any thoughts as to why this is happening? Should I lower the dose amount again? Just can't figure out why it keeps going up. Thanks!
9/30/25: 8.0 @7am
9/30/25: 8.1 @7pm
10/1/25: 8.1 @8am
10/1/25: 8.2 @8pm
10/3/25: 8.2 @8am
10/3/25: 8.4 @8pm
10/4/25: 8.4 @12pm
10/5/25: 8.5 @11am
The trend shows it slowly rising again even though my dosing amount per day is still 7ml less than it had been prior to this and it was always stable at 7.9-8.0 Any thoughts as to why this is happening? Should I lower the dose amount again? Just can't figure out why it keeps going up. Thanks!
