Most people keep their dKH around 7-10, 12.5 is high but not ridiculous. I would double check the test kit and do a 50% water change if you get the same result. If you only have soft corals, fish and easy lps corals it isn't too urgent.
What causes alkalinity to be to high this is a 10 day old tank. Could it be that the water that the LFS put in was not good. The salinity of it was off the charts.
How big is your tank? What salt are you using? What's your salinity and the rest of your water parameters?
either way you shoulnt need to add any AFR if your already that high if your test is correct. All for reef takes sometime to show properly after its added....so you would need to wait and see what it reads over a weekly basis or after a few days to see what its at.
120 gallons, I posted my new tank build earlier this morning. Set up with live sand, live rock, some rock from the old tank, about 12 gallons of water from the old tank and bacteria. The LFS/company that set up the tank provided the water. I have no idea of the type of salt. I will call tomorrow and ask. I just tested my water parameters.
Thank you, why when they tested did they give me the numbers "2" one time and "4" another.
and do you have any coral? and what is it soft,LPS,SPS. I cant help with your salifert testing kit i am using Hanna tester
i have no idea about that.....i use electronic Alk hanna testor. MAybe they using a diffferent test than you are
2 pictures of my tank. I want to start slowly transferring fish this week.
I have anemones, bubble corals, rock flower anemone's, a leather coral, mushroom and fish.
first off you dont need to add an all for reef or dose anything with no corals to take it up. Just stop adding any. it will lower eventually on its own as youy do water changes and you add corals down the road.
so now you show with corals so i guess those others were when u started the tank
Thank you for your assistance. Tomorrow I will go back to the LFS and show them my alkalinity results and ask them how it compares to their test?
That makes sense. I was thinking that my alkalinity was to low that is why I was dosing. My fish and corals are waiting patiently in the old 65 gallon tank. I know that they will like the new tank.
well you need to find out if your test is accurate and if it is then dose less if you want to lower you alk. Once you get it lower just maintain it at that level of dosing. You want to do that over a slow time frame. Other wise just leave it where its at until it comes down. You will have to keep changing your dose from time to time anways as your rate increses or declines
Those are in the old tank waiting to be transferred to the new tank. The one that I am measuring the alkalinity. The new tank only has two chromis that I placed in 3 days ago.
