So alk dropped by another 0.3dkh to 6.4 today ca stil at 430 mg only dropped by 30 to 1320
planning to start dosing alk today as in two days I will be at or below 6dkh and from my googling coral won’t grow below 6 because calcification stops
If my math is correct a 30% water change with 11.5 dkh water will increase dkh by 3.5 which if alk bottoms out a 6 because growth stops alk will go back to 7.5 which means once a week the reef experiences a 3.5dkh swing all at once. So was thinking dose 0.6dkh for 3 days would get me to 8.2 dkh plus 3.5 from salt will take me to 11.7 then skip dosing on Sunday to let alk drop to 11.4 so is then only 0.1 below salt and dose 0.3 daily to maintain
Does this math add up, and does this rise sound too fast? I could just start dosing 0.3 daily to maintain and let the water changes raise by 3.5 each week?
planning to start dosing alk today as in two days I will be at or below 6dkh and from my googling coral won’t grow below 6 because calcification stops
If my math is correct a 30% water change with 11.5 dkh water will increase dkh by 3.5 which if alk bottoms out a 6 because growth stops alk will go back to 7.5 which means once a week the reef experiences a 3.5dkh swing all at once. So was thinking dose 0.6dkh for 3 days would get me to 8.2 dkh plus 3.5 from salt will take me to 11.7 then skip dosing on Sunday to let alk drop to 11.4 so is then only 0.1 below salt and dose 0.3 daily to maintain
Does this math add up, and does this rise sound too fast? I could just start dosing 0.3 daily to maintain and let the water changes raise by 3.5 each week?