Hello!
I've been having issues now for the past couple of weeks. I recently converted a freshwater tank to a Saltwater tank about a month ago and I'm having issues with raising the Alkalinity up on the tank. As you can see from the photo's there is precipitation when I dose with Alkalinity to the tank, it just sticks to the aquarium walls. I was using a canister filter before and I recently changed to a HOB filter, Tidal 75, that just has biomedia+Rhos Phoa/ChemPure Blue inside it.
These are the water parameters for this tank.
Alkalinity: 7.0
MG: 1400
Calcium: 400
Salinity: 1.026
Phosphate: 0
Nitrate: 2
PH 8.2
Using RedSea dosing, Alkalinity, and test kits. I also have some Hannah test kits as well that I use to cross-reference anything that might seem wonky. I started by buying my Saltwater mix from my local fish stories but recently I started to make my own. I'm using an RODI kit that measures 0 TDS before I mix the salt, Red Sea Coral Pro Salt, and I top off with the same RODI water.
Any suggestions or tips would be greatly appreciated, just trying to get this tank under control. I have not dosed Alkalinity in 5 days since it keeps just collecting on the glass when I attempt to.
Thank you for taking the time to read this.
I've been having issues now for the past couple of weeks. I recently converted a freshwater tank to a Saltwater tank about a month ago and I'm having issues with raising the Alkalinity up on the tank. As you can see from the photo's there is precipitation when I dose with Alkalinity to the tank, it just sticks to the aquarium walls. I was using a canister filter before and I recently changed to a HOB filter, Tidal 75, that just has biomedia+Rhos Phoa/ChemPure Blue inside it.
These are the water parameters for this tank.
Alkalinity: 7.0
MG: 1400
Calcium: 400
Salinity: 1.026
Phosphate: 0
Nitrate: 2
PH 8.2
Using RedSea dosing, Alkalinity, and test kits. I also have some Hannah test kits as well that I use to cross-reference anything that might seem wonky. I started by buying my Saltwater mix from my local fish stories but recently I started to make my own. I'm using an RODI kit that measures 0 TDS before I mix the salt, Red Sea Coral Pro Salt, and I top off with the same RODI water.
Any suggestions or tips would be greatly appreciated, just trying to get this tank under control. I have not dosed Alkalinity in 5 days since it keeps just collecting on the glass when I attempt to.
Thank you for taking the time to read this.