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Just tested alkalinity and it’s at 14.3 should I do a water change to bring it down?
 

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Experts (which is not me) will want more info.
Do you trust that test? *verify with another test (LFS or different kit) first.
Did you have some kind of dosing mishap to get that high?
 
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Just tested alkalinity and it’s at 14.3 should I do a water change to bring it down?
Experts (which is not me) will want more info.
Do you trust that test? *verify with another test (LFS or different kit) first.
Did you have some kind of dosing mishap to get that high?
Used Hanna tester I was to dose my tank with fusion 2 every other day by my local fish store I just purchased the Hanna tester and did my own test
 
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People are still going to need more info:
- What size tank?
- What alk were you at before dosing and when was that?
- How much and how often of that Fusion 2 have you dosed?

I guess throw in current salinity and how you test that.
32 gallon bio cube
Store didn’t tell me just told me to dose and come back in a week and every other day for the past week
 
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People are still going to need more info:
- What size tank?
- What alk were you at before dosing and when was that?
- How much and how often of that Fusion 2 have you dosed?

I guess throw in current salinity and how you test that.
Welp I just figured out I read the in instructions wrong I over dosed any recommendations to get it to do down?
 
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Before you do a water change….. What do you have for livestock? Sometimes making a change in the right direct too fast can make things worse.
2 clown fish yellow tang sixline wrassel Royal grammer a bunch zoas mushrooms torch
 

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Yep buying all the test kits I need
Depending on the Alk level of the salt mix you’re using .
you don’t want the alkalinity to swing more than 1dkh per 24hour period

moving forward . Don’t trust everything a salesman tells you or tries to sell you .
do your own research .
if something is to be added know exactly what it claims and what it will do
Rule #1 never dose anything you can’t test the need for .
 

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