How sure are we that alk spikes cause issues?
I ask because when I get corals from people, I am sure our tanks alk doesn't match. I never drip acclimate and just put them in the tank (after dipping). I would consider that an instant spike in alk. I have met up with a buddy the past couple weeks as I bought some coral. He keeps his alk at 7 and I keep mine close to 10. That's a instant spike of 3 DKH as soon as it hits my tank water. I also gave him corals and he had no issues going down in alk. I buy corals from a lot of people and never had an issue with just dropping it in the tank.
It got me wondering if alk is the real issue. Could the real issue be something happened in your tank that caused your corals to stop growing, which then raised alk and you always assumed it was the alk spike?
What's everyone's thoughts on this?
I ask because when I get corals from people, I am sure our tanks alk doesn't match. I never drip acclimate and just put them in the tank (after dipping). I would consider that an instant spike in alk. I have met up with a buddy the past couple weeks as I bought some coral. He keeps his alk at 7 and I keep mine close to 10. That's a instant spike of 3 DKH as soon as it hits my tank water. I also gave him corals and he had no issues going down in alk. I buy corals from a lot of people and never had an issue with just dropping it in the tank.
It got me wondering if alk is the real issue. Could the real issue be something happened in your tank that caused your corals to stop growing, which then raised alk and you always assumed it was the alk spike?
What's everyone's thoughts on this?