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My tank recently finished cycling a few weeks ago. Currently I only have two shrimp in there and my fish are in QT for the next 30 days. My pH and alk seem to have trouble staying up- stupid question is it too early in my tanks lifecycle to start dosing KH or is this something I should Just wait out?
Also getting some Chaeto this week so hopefully that will pull some CO2 out and give me a boost, but also not a heck of a lot of nutrients in the water yet...
If I can avoid a Co2 scrubber that would be preferable... my skimmer was just turned on yesterday to start breaking it in- also trying to oxygenate the water that way to see if I can get a pH boost.
pH: 7.6-7.9 depending on the day
KH (Red Sea): 5.5 - trusting this test more than api given the low pH....
KH (API): 9
Salinity: 1.025
temp: 76*F
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 5-10
Ammonia: 0
Phos: 0 (probably- api test kit sucks on this color but def between 0-.25)
Calcium: 480
Also getting some Chaeto this week so hopefully that will pull some CO2 out and give me a boost, but also not a heck of a lot of nutrients in the water yet...
If I can avoid a Co2 scrubber that would be preferable... my skimmer was just turned on yesterday to start breaking it in- also trying to oxygenate the water that way to see if I can get a pH boost.
pH: 7.6-7.9 depending on the day
KH (Red Sea): 5.5 - trusting this test more than api given the low pH....
KH (API): 9
Salinity: 1.025
temp: 76*F
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 5-10
Ammonia: 0
Phos: 0 (probably- api test kit sucks on this color but def between 0-.25)
Calcium: 480