Tank status
Nuvo 20
2 ai 16hds
2 jebao sow4
South seas caribsea rock
Carina sea specia grade sand
2 clowns
7 hermits
5 trochus snails
I’ve always had some issues with weird increase in alk. I would get a small drop over the course of one week do a water change (turkey baste the sand and rock) and over the next few days I would get a .5-1.5 dkh rise in alk. I did have a bad batch of salt that would mix at 8-12 dkh that I have since gotten rid of and new salt will mix at 8.4 every time now. I had my alk at 8.8 a few weeks ago but is now at 9.8 again. Also I do use rodi unit to make my water at 0tds.
Is it possible that my sand bed could be leaching alkalinity?
If so would it be detrimental to remove the old sand bed and leave it bare bottom for a little while then add new sand back in?
Nuvo 20
2 ai 16hds
2 jebao sow4
South seas caribsea rock
Carina sea specia grade sand
2 clowns
7 hermits
5 trochus snails
I’ve always had some issues with weird increase in alk. I would get a small drop over the course of one week do a water change (turkey baste the sand and rock) and over the next few days I would get a .5-1.5 dkh rise in alk. I did have a bad batch of salt that would mix at 8-12 dkh that I have since gotten rid of and new salt will mix at 8.4 every time now. I had my alk at 8.8 a few weeks ago but is now at 9.8 again. Also I do use rodi unit to make my water at 0tds.
Is it possible that my sand bed could be leaching alkalinity?
If so would it be detrimental to remove the old sand bed and leave it bare bottom for a little while then add new sand back in?