I recently had to leave my tank in the hands of my husband for a month and during that time he forgot to refill the dosing container. Stuff died and algae breakouts happened and I am still trying to get it all back in check. I didn't get the Alk back to 8 before I started dosing again and maybe that is my problem.
Before the parameters were:
Alk - 8
Calcium - 420
Magnesium - 1220
pH - 8.1 to 8.3
Now I have:
Alk - 9.2
Calcium - 380
Magnesium - 1180
pH - 7.9 to 8.1
I've been trying to lower the dosage, and the Alk doesn't seem to move. I've gone from 100mL day down to 75mL and it's in the same spot. I did notice my calcium and mag is lowering though so I don't really want to lower the dosage any more.
I'm not sure what steps I should take to get the alk down to 8 without making the other two go too low.
Before the parameters were:
Alk - 8
Calcium - 420
Magnesium - 1220
pH - 8.1 to 8.3
Now I have:
Alk - 9.2
Calcium - 380
Magnesium - 1180
pH - 7.9 to 8.1
I've been trying to lower the dosage, and the Alk doesn't seem to move. I've gone from 100mL day down to 75mL and it's in the same spot. I did notice my calcium and mag is lowering though so I don't really want to lower the dosage any more.
I'm not sure what steps I should take to get the alk down to 8 without making the other two go too low.