Hello all,
Recently I switched from Instant Ocean salt to Red Sea Coral Pro salt.
Reason is becuase I started adding corals to the tank (so far I have a zoas frag, a GSP a tiny xenia that I thought it died and it started to appear in a hole in a rock and a 3-head acan - so not much for consumption, I would say).
Anyway, before switching, my Alk was pretty constant, and was keeping it around 9.5 dkH.
For DT I have a RedSea 250 (so about 65 gal including the sump). When I do water changes, I usually do a 5 gal bucket for water change.
As soon as I started with the Red Sea salt, the alkalinity jumped to 10.3 -10.4 dkH. That's quite a steep change and (my mistake) only later I looked on the bucket and saw that it is indicating those higher level for alkalinity.
My question is, what are my options if I want to keep the Alk closer to 9.5? Do I just not mix this salt anymore? I thought that if it's jus a 5 gallon bucket for water change, it won't raise the Alk that much.
I am happy that althought it was quite a jump in Alk, my inverts and corals are ok. Can't say the acans are the happiest.
Any suggestions are welcome and thank you in advance for your help!
Recently I switched from Instant Ocean salt to Red Sea Coral Pro salt.
Reason is becuase I started adding corals to the tank (so far I have a zoas frag, a GSP a tiny xenia that I thought it died and it started to appear in a hole in a rock and a 3-head acan - so not much for consumption, I would say).
Anyway, before switching, my Alk was pretty constant, and was keeping it around 9.5 dkH.
For DT I have a RedSea 250 (so about 65 gal including the sump). When I do water changes, I usually do a 5 gal bucket for water change.
As soon as I started with the Red Sea salt, the alkalinity jumped to 10.3 -10.4 dkH. That's quite a steep change and (my mistake) only later I looked on the bucket and saw that it is indicating those higher level for alkalinity.
My question is, what are my options if I want to keep the Alk closer to 9.5? Do I just not mix this salt anymore? I thought that if it's jus a 5 gallon bucket for water change, it won't raise the Alk that much.
I am happy that althought it was quite a jump in Alk, my inverts and corals are ok. Can't say the acans are the happiest.
Any suggestions are welcome and thank you in advance for your help!