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It's me again and I'm still confused . This time it's Alk.
I am still not dosing anything to the tank, just trying to get a good base line for consumption. I'm mainly just paying attention to alk but I go ahead and do the calcium test while I have everything out.
Here is the timeline:
- 5/29 - 20% water change with IO
- 5/30 - added some mushrooms, 2 small lps frags (torch and blasto) and a 2" birdsnest frag.
- 5/31 - alk 11.2, ca 470
- 6/3 - alk 10.2, ca 460
- 6/7 - alk 9.6, ca 450
- 6/13 - alk 9.6, ca 450
So according to my tests I went almost a full week with zero alk or ca consumption. I can confirm I have done the tests the exact same way every time and even did them each several times today just to make sure I didn't screw something up.
No water has been changed, nothing has been dosed and salinity is still at 1.025.
Any help understanding this would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
I am still not dosing anything to the tank, just trying to get a good base line for consumption. I'm mainly just paying attention to alk but I go ahead and do the calcium test while I have everything out.
Here is the timeline:
- 5/29 - 20% water change with IO
- 5/30 - added some mushrooms, 2 small lps frags (torch and blasto) and a 2" birdsnest frag.
- 5/31 - alk 11.2, ca 470
- 6/3 - alk 10.2, ca 460
- 6/7 - alk 9.6, ca 450
- 6/13 - alk 9.6, ca 450
So according to my tests I went almost a full week with zero alk or ca consumption. I can confirm I have done the tests the exact same way every time and even did them each several times today just to make sure I didn't screw something up.
No water has been changed, nothing has been dosed and salinity is still at 1.025.
Any help understanding this would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!