Just as the title says. I'm at the last day of week 13 of 29.6ml/day following the 16 week guide and my pH has dropped down below the point of sale API pH scale. I'm going to guess 7.0-7.2. I have noticed my RBTA looking a little deflated on his bubble tips and not near the extension of his tentacles. So after doing an Alk test using Red Sea it showed my level at 8.1, I like to keep it at 9.0 so using the Seachem dosing app on my iPhone I decided to raise the Alk to 10 to help boost the pH. Well it worked getting my pH to 8.1 but the app said to dose 12 grams of Seachem Reef Builder powder. Now my Alk is at 13dKH! Way above what I wanted. I know it will go down quickly as I have a lot of sps in a small tank a dose 4 grams twice weekly but I'm still concerned about the pH dropping that low again. I can deal with 7.8 pH but not lower.
My question is should I start to drop the vinegar dosing 5ml a week or just stop dosing vinegar all together? I've also noticed a second Cyano bloom since starting the carbon dosing.
My question is should I start to drop the vinegar dosing 5ml a week or just stop dosing vinegar all together? I've also noticed a second Cyano bloom since starting the carbon dosing.