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Yeah I'll never use it again and will post the brand I used cause makeing my all raise from normal levels to 16.2 could of killed my corals I'm sure had I not tested and fixed quickly
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I used to frequent the old Neptune's store in Mountain view when i worked over there. they sold buffered natural sea water that i used soley. Now I only have a local pet shop with limited supplies and fish + inverts.Which lfs do you go to?
For sure, I bet that would even hurt your skin if you were in your tank lol. The ammonia I deff think is the api test, who ever said that was spot on with the false positives.Yeah I'll never use it again and will post the brand I used cause makeing my all raise from normal levels to 16.2 could of killed my corals I'm sure had I not tested and fixed quickly
It was a pH buffer not Dkh bufferYou DKH spiked I thought. It is easy to over dose it. If you dose reef buffer that can raise alk quickly, ph buffer too but not as quick
how much did you dose at one time? usually they need to be dripped quite slowly, and less than 10ml per day to get where you need to be. i use Bionic 2 part buffer without issues.Yeah I'll never use it again and will post the brand I used cause makeing my all raise from normal levels to 16.2 could of killed my corals I'm sure had I not tested and fixed quickly
I was useing a pH buffer trying to raise my pH and I dosed for 50 gallons just to be on the safe side in my 120 gallon system and it spesficly says you cant over dose this stuff supposed to raise pH to 8.2how much did you dose at one time? usually they need to be dripped quite slowly, and less than 10ml per day to get where you need to be. i use Bionic 2 part buffer without issues.
That is the stuff I used and I did a half dose trying to be safe and it rose my all by like 6 points from 10 to 16.2 that seems like alot more damage then helpPh buffer will raise the alk 1/Meg/l along w ph
Seachem
Add 5 g (1 level teaspoon) for each 80 L (20 US gallons). For precise dosing, use the Seachem Digital Spoon Scale. Dissolve in at least one cup of freshwater. This dose will also raise alkalinity by about 1 meq/L. Add daily until pH stabilizes at 8.3. This will take from a day to a week, depending on original pH and alkalinity. Thereafter, use biweekly or monthly to maintain a pH of 8.3.
It will not overdose ph as it says. But nothing about alk
I have a pretty good protein skimmer running and two power heads and I have two connected sumps with two pumps connecting them along with water bridges to stabilize water levels in case of a malfunction of a pump so I'm not really concerned with aeration alot of surface area and water movementI like their products but it is a curve to learn what works. Randy has a great reef calculator to help you dosing.
http://reef.diesyst.com/chemcalc/chemcalc.html
If you want to get ph up a bit make sure you have good agitation to maximize O2 exchange it will help the Ph.
Thanks for the welcome yeah I haven't had a ammonia reading in forever and never without a death to cause itWhere are my manners, I don’t know.
I did not even send a warm welcome, we all went right to the fact. Ammonia gets attention
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