Anthony/others,
Would it be plausible to buffer your top of water with baking soda? I believe this would increase alk/ph as cheaply as possible.
I ask this as I am just now getting into dosing and realizing that my parameters are not what they should be, specifically alk and Ph.
Calcium=480-500ppm This never really fluctuates throughout the week as would be expected even though I have plenty of sps and clams water changes seem to be sufficient.
Alk=7dKH, I would like to get it around 10?
Ph=I have been continually getting readings of 7.6-7.8 which is scaring me, although I haven't seen any ill effects as of yet.
I have a suspicion that the low ph and alk of my top of water is gradually decreasing my tank parameters. I am in the process of trying to get my alk and ph where they should be through the use of b-ionic 2part. Then I am planning on adding kalk to the top off reservoir to maintain these values. I am hoping that the addition of kalk will make the addition of any other buffer to my top off water not needed. But can someone post a link to one of these said buffers?
Would it be plausible to buffer your top of water with baking soda? I believe this would increase alk/ph as cheaply as possible.
I ask this as I am just now getting into dosing and realizing that my parameters are not what they should be, specifically alk and Ph.
Calcium=480-500ppm This never really fluctuates throughout the week as would be expected even though I have plenty of sps and clams water changes seem to be sufficient.
Alk=7dKH, I would like to get it around 10?
Ph=I have been continually getting readings of 7.6-7.8 which is scaring me, although I haven't seen any ill effects as of yet.
I have a suspicion that the low ph and alk of my top of water is gradually decreasing my tank parameters. I am in the process of trying to get my alk and ph where they should be through the use of b-ionic 2part. Then I am planning on adding kalk to the top off reservoir to maintain these values. I am hoping that the addition of kalk will make the addition of any other buffer to my top off water not needed. But can someone post a link to one of these said buffers?