Hi I’m 8 months into hobby. In have a mixed reef with fish, softies and lps mainly. 1 or two sps (dead).
I use filtered sea water near by. It’s alk at baseline is 7.4.
I was using all for reef to keep it steady at 8.4 for several months until a battle with Dino’s. I fixed the Dino’s. I have not dose anything for 2 months. My alk is slowly climbing despite weekly 10% water changes.
Current params:
Nitrate 10, phos 0.1, alk 9.7, salinity 1.025, 8.2-8.4. Calc 440 mg 1311.
i have removed the dead sps. I have been lowering my phos down from 0.2 slowly.
Any ideas why my alk is rising?
I use filtered sea water near by. It’s alk at baseline is 7.4.
I was using all for reef to keep it steady at 8.4 for several months until a battle with Dino’s. I fixed the Dino’s. I have not dose anything for 2 months. My alk is slowly climbing despite weekly 10% water changes.
Current params:
Nitrate 10, phos 0.1, alk 9.7, salinity 1.025, 8.2-8.4. Calc 440 mg 1311.
i have removed the dead sps. I have been lowering my phos down from 0.2 slowly.
Any ideas why my alk is rising?