stuggleing to keep alk up this week.

[ddc0715]

ok I have had a fast alk consumption this past week. I have increased my kalk dose by 300 this week. it's still dropping. I'm dosing 4900 mls of kalk and 50 mls of ca daily. I have went from normal range of 8.3- 8.5 to struggling with staying at 7.5. today it has dropped to 6.9. should I start auto dosing baking soda? why is the alk dropping so fast. its not precip.you can see where I have been manualy dosing alk in the small and large spikes. i dont like spiking my alk . thats not stable... has growth started taking off.?

 

[Garf]

ok I have had a fast alk consumption this past week. I have increased my kalk dose by 300 this week. it's still dropping. I'm dosing 4900 mls of kalk and 50 mls of ca daily. I have went from normal range of 8.3- 8.5 to struggling with staying at 7.5. today it has dropped to 6.9. should I start auto dosing baking soda? why is the alk dropping so fast. its not precip.you can see where I have been manualy dosing alk in the small and large spikes. i dont like spiking my alk . thats not stable... has growth started taking off.?

1st guess - your kalk dosing pump is not delivering as much as you think it is, if any.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

How do you know it's not begun to precipitate somewhere in the system?

How long was it stable before recent events?

 

[ddc0715]

precep is a visble product is it not ? if so then i see nothing in or around my tank.. if im mistaken please educate me . thanks..

been stable for a some time exact time frame impossible to know srry