I have been dosing Carbon (Tropic Marin Bacto Balance and Elimi-NP for approximately 6 weeks. I was able to bring Nitrate from 60+ ppm and phosphate from 0.79 ppm to flat lining then stabilizing for the past three weeks to what is listed below. Yes a bit high but that is stable.
Current Parameters
Tank Size: 30 gallon AIO
Phosphate: 0.17 ppm (Hanna Checker)
Nitrate: 21.0 ppm (Hanna Checker)
Alk: 9.8 dKh (Hanna Checker)
My question to all is when I dose 0.7 ml of Carbon every morning I see a dip of ~0.05-0.08 in my Ph.
How much do I need to worry about this? My tank is pretty small so I did not know if this was fine or if I should mitigate this more.
Secondary question, should I try to bring N&P down more I don't want to be chasing numbers too much?
Current Parameters
Tank Size: 30 gallon AIO
Phosphate: 0.17 ppm (Hanna Checker)
Nitrate: 21.0 ppm (Hanna Checker)
Alk: 9.8 dKh (Hanna Checker)
My question to all is when I dose 0.7 ml of Carbon every morning I see a dip of ~0.05-0.08 in my Ph.
How much do I need to worry about this? My tank is pretty small so I did not know if this was fine or if I should mitigate this more.