Hi All,
I just moved up from a 50 gal to a 100 gal and all is going well...but, when I did an Alk test with my Red Sea Reefer kit The colors were so faint I couldn't tell when or even if there was a color change. Could the reagent have gone that bad due to the high temps we're seeing in my area? It's all I can think of to account for the change in the test kit. 10 days ago, when I did the last test I had no trouble with seeing the color change, but now the water is nearly clear when Reagent is added.
Second problem, I was going to track the alk in the new tank and adjust my dosing accordingly, but that's not happening now and I won't get my new Hanna Alk Checker for 8 days. Can I just continue to add the same amount of BRS Alk liquid to the 100 as I was in the 50, thinking the corals will use close to the same amount in either? or does the added volume of water change the dosing amount?
I don't have access to another test kit so I just have to decide on dosing amount via your your advice and and my best instincts and (shudder) hope for the best. I do have 5 or 6 acros and some other sps so I'm kinda worried about them.
Please let me know what you think.
PS My alk was at 8.2 and I used Red Sea Blue bucket which mixes up, via Red Sea, to 8dKH at 35ppm where I keep my tank.
Thanks very much,
Kacey
I just moved up from a 50 gal to a 100 gal and all is going well...but, when I did an Alk test with my Red Sea Reefer kit The colors were so faint I couldn't tell when or even if there was a color change. Could the reagent have gone that bad due to the high temps we're seeing in my area? It's all I can think of to account for the change in the test kit. 10 days ago, when I did the last test I had no trouble with seeing the color change, but now the water is nearly clear when Reagent is added.
Second problem, I was going to track the alk in the new tank and adjust my dosing accordingly, but that's not happening now and I won't get my new Hanna Alk Checker for 8 days. Can I just continue to add the same amount of BRS Alk liquid to the 100 as I was in the 50, thinking the corals will use close to the same amount in either? or does the added volume of water change the dosing amount?
I don't have access to another test kit so I just have to decide on dosing amount via your your advice and and my best instincts and (shudder) hope for the best. I do have 5 or 6 acros and some other sps so I'm kinda worried about them.
Please let me know what you think.
PS My alk was at 8.2 and I used Red Sea Blue bucket which mixes up, via Red Sea, to 8dKH at 35ppm where I keep my tank.
Thanks very much,
Kacey