Is There A Optimal Alkalinity Level? | Reef2Reef
Nov 11, 2017 · There is no optimal alk level for all reefs and all aquarists. There are valid reasons to maintian any alk from 7 to 11 dKH, IMO. Higher alk (say, 9-11 dKH) promotes faster coral growth, …
What do you run your ALK at? | Reef2Reef
Jun 26, 2024 · Curious to see what people run their ALK at. I typically run it at 10 dKH and had a lot of success with that. However, i met an OG this weekend who runs it at 7.5 and had an awesome …
Best Alk solution for dosing? | Reef2Reef
Apr 28, 2021 · There are many good ways to supplement calcium and alk, and the best ones tie the two together. Ordinary baking soda works perfectly well for occasional alk boosts, but a two part is a …
Switched to Tropic Marin Pro Reef salt-- so why the low Alk and …
May 13, 2013 · I'm on my second 200 gallon bucket of Tropic Marin pro, neither bucket has mixed up anywhere close to what they claim. On average: Alk 6.3-6.7 Cal 410-430 Mag 1230-1280 M not sure …
ALK DROPPING BY THE HOUR!!! | Reef2Reef
Nov 21, 2014 · Kalkwasser is just limewater, which is saturated calcium hydroxide yes? Dosing it will add alk to the system and also temporarily increase the pH. That increased pH is quite beneficial to …
Help needed in calculating dosing sodium bisulfate to lower Alk in ...
Aug 13, 2019 · Here’s where I’m at in needing help. I recently switched from TM Pro to IO and would like to lower the Alk in my mixing station. Using measuring cups or spoons is out for me at the moment, …
My Alk is dangerously low. What should I do? | Reef2Reef
Jan 11, 2014 · If alk stays up (like 8.5-9), you'll see you calcium start to drop, as the corals will be building more skeleton, and faster. So by the BRS calculator, the dose I would need to raise the ALK …
How much can I raise my alk in one day? | Reef2Reef
Feb 2, 2016 · I'm trying to get my alk up. Currently I'm dosing kalk in my ATO, but I haven't figured it how much I need yet. My alk is still dropping about 1.5 per day. Can I dose 2dkh? I'm just using baking …
How exactly to raise alk | Reef2Reef
Apr 4, 2017 · My alk is 6.7 (was 6.4) a few days ago. I did a water change with coral pro and adding buffer to top off. 150 gal tank plus eshopps sump. Here is what I have available. If someone could tell …
Raising alk ? | Reef2Reef
Jun 13, 2024 · So now my question is how do I raise alk without raising calcium , everywhere I look says to raise both alk and calcium together ( 2 part ) but my calcium is already on the high side and I just …