All for reef and alkalinity

[T33BLACK]

I've been dosing afr for months now and am seeing good results in my parameters however I still cant get my alk above 6.7 and ph above 8.15. Should I just dose more afr or use something else for the alk,just didnt want to raise everything else to much ? Was just hoping afr would take care of everything so I only had to dose one thing? I plan on adding back my co2 scrubber this week to help ph.

Salifert testing
Salinity 1.026
Ph 8.15
Alk 6.7
Calc 470
Magnesium 1440
Phos/Nitrate 0

 

[reefpanda]

You may use alk to bring it up to the number you want and afr to maintain those numbers

 

[T33BLACK]

What product would you suggest to raise just the alk and also keep dosing the afr

 

[exnisstech]

I'm able to maintain my alk at 8-9 dkH using AFR. I've been using it for a couple of years on the tank below. I have had to make adjustments to the amount dosed as coral growth increases or slows but I have had to make adjustments when using 2 part also.
My biggest increase in consumption was when I raised my pH from a daily lo/hi of 7.6-7.9 ( which matches my other tanks not using AFR) to 8.0-8.3. I was able to get the pH bump by adding an outside airline to a skimmer.
I did use ESV 2 part to get alk at my target (8.5 dkH) level before switching to AFR.

The graph is from test results not a monitor and I'm not always consistent on the time or intervals of those tests.. The big dip on the right was about 1.5 months after adding the outside air line.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I’d just dose more AFR.

 

[T33BLACK]

Your Tank looks beautiful! yeah I think I'll dose more all for reef and see if that helps that seems like the simplest solution. my other numbers aren't too high so if they go up too I think it would be okay