So I’m new to all of this and trying to figure things out. I’m cycling a small 10 gallon tank right now for a qt. I decided to test ph and alk the other day and both were low. Like maybe 7-7.3 ph and around 2-3 dkh. That doesn’t make any sense to me. I decided to mix up a gallon of fresh saltwater just to see how it tested. I’m using tropic Marin pro reef salt and rodi water from a new system. I’m testing with the Red Sea alk/ph test kit. The fresh saltwater tested good for ph, around 8.3ish but the alk was still vert low at about 4 dkh. I’d like to get some options on why the is would be. Is my alk test kit possibly bad (I’m going to pick up a different kit tomorrow if I can to see what it says).
Salinity is good at 1.026. Not sure if something from the ro/di could cause that? Surely a batch of salt wouldn’t be super low alk? Website says around 7dkh.
Any thoughts are appreciated.
Salinity is good at 1.026. Not sure if something from the ro/di could cause that? Surely a batch of salt wouldn’t be super low alk? Website says around 7dkh.
Any thoughts are appreciated.