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Hello all,
So I have recently started dosing. In preparation for this I tested with Hannah checkers weekly every Sunday for a month to see how much my corals were consuming. With no water changes. My calcium and mag do not need dosing at this time. So I started with Alk with was at 8.5. after finding out how much they consumed over the course of three weeks I dosed the alk up to 11.5dKH (which matches my salt). I only have to dose 1ml a day to maintain my tanks consumption currently. Yesterday I did a 5 gallon water change for a 60 gallon system. When I tested the alk today, it was at 9.5dKH, I tested again right after and got 9.6dKH.
Is there something I am missing? according to my salt (Red Sea Reef Pro) at a specific Gravity of 34.0ppt the KH is 11.5.
Any advise would be great i do not want to do anything drastic right now!
So I have recently started dosing. In preparation for this I tested with Hannah checkers weekly every Sunday for a month to see how much my corals were consuming. With no water changes. My calcium and mag do not need dosing at this time. So I started with Alk with was at 8.5. after finding out how much they consumed over the course of three weeks I dosed the alk up to 11.5dKH (which matches my salt). I only have to dose 1ml a day to maintain my tanks consumption currently. Yesterday I did a 5 gallon water change for a 60 gallon system. When I tested the alk today, it was at 9.5dKH, I tested again right after and got 9.6dKH.
Is there something I am missing? according to my salt (Red Sea Reef Pro) at a specific Gravity of 34.0ppt the KH is 11.5.
Any advise would be great i do not want to do anything drastic right now!
Tests Dates | Calcium | Adj Calcium level | Alkalinity | Adj Alkalinity | Magnesium |
1-9-2022 | 475ppm/461ppm | 8.5dKh | 1400ppm | ||
1-16-2022 | 464ppm | 8.2 | Started dosing 11.3ml per day foundation B | 1410ppm | |
1-23-2022 | 10.8 | ||||
1-24-2022 | 446 | 11.5 | 1410 | ||
1-29-2022 | 9.5/9.6 |