Thanks I'll take a look
Just choose Baking Soda as the additive.
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Thanks I'll take a look
Just choose Baking Soda as the additive.
I'd suggest 1dkh maximum per day if you don't have sensitive corals. If you do, go slower.I've just ordered a hannah checker and some alk buffer so I can raise it.
Hopefully be here by the weekend so will test before and after my water change and then use the buffer to raise.
If by the weekend it's even lower, say around 5. What's the safest amount I can bring it up? Would it be too much to raise back to 7.5 which is what it usually is?
Yes, an adjustment from 6.9 to 7.5 should be fine over one day. I would test a second time with your new Hanna checker just to be sure that your are getting consistent results.Got my hannah checker today. Just finished the test and it's saying 6.9
The salt mix I use has alk at 7.5 so its not dropping too much really.
My alk buffer product is arriving today so I should be OK to get it back up to 7.5 today
Yeah 6.9 on both tests so feel confident it's at that.Yes, an adjustment from 6.9 to 7.5 should be fine over one day. I would test a second time with your new Hanna checker just to be sure that your are getting consistent results.
Solid advice. No mention of a water change though. Only salt mix.Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I remember reading that you should wait 12-24 hours after a water change (or dosing) to retest Alk, Ca, and Mg.
I wasn't offering it as advice, just as what I thought was the correct method. I'm not sure that waiting is necessary though... ?Solid advice.
I don't think that the OP performed a water change. Only that their current water is testing at 6.9 and their salt mix that they use is 7.5 so a presumptive drop through consumption. I have accidentally overdosed alk in the past by not waiting long enough for it to fully mix and stabilize, so I agree that waiting after any change would be ideal.I wasn't offering it as advice, just as what I thought was the correct method. I'm not sure that waiting is necessary though... ?
I don't think that the OP performed a water change. Only that their current water is testing at 6.9 and their salt mix that they use is 7.5 so a presumptive drop through consumption. I have accidentally overdosed alk in the past by not waiting long enough for it to fully mix and stabilize, so I agree that waiting after any change would be ideal.
This is why I asked my question.I usually test after my water changes (10% weekly)
It's a good idea to simply test at the same time each day.I wasn't offering it as advice, just as what I thought was the correct method. I'm not sure that waiting is necessary though... ?