Hey chemists of reef.
Do I need to dose alkalinity?
I have a 25 gallon that was pretty steady with weekly WC and kalk drip to up my low 7.7 ph. My corals are happy and growing but since I’ve added more corals, my alk has dropped to 7 and declining and calcium sky rocketed to off the chart, maybe 650-700. I’ve since stopped the Kalk drip and did a water change. Maybe should do more changes, quicker? What do you guys think? I also got a liquid carbon doser I was considering adding for micro algaes.
Salinity 1.026
Nitrate .04
Phosphate 0.01
Running AI Blade coral grow
Do I need to dose alkalinity?
I have a 25 gallon that was pretty steady with weekly WC and kalk drip to up my low 7.7 ph. My corals are happy and growing but since I’ve added more corals, my alk has dropped to 7 and declining and calcium sky rocketed to off the chart, maybe 650-700. I’ve since stopped the Kalk drip and did a water change. Maybe should do more changes, quicker? What do you guys think? I also got a liquid carbon doser I was considering adding for micro algaes.
Salinity 1.026
Nitrate .04
Phosphate 0.01
Running AI Blade coral grow