ioevanc
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Hello
I am trying to raise my Alkalinity to proper levels. Currently my water parameters are:
Tank size is 90 gal.
Temp 78F
pH: 8.36 during the day 8.20 during night +- 10%
dKH: 6.06 or 2.36 meg /L
Calcium: 450
Ammonia - 0, Nitrite - 0, Nitrate - 3,Phosphate - 0.13
The ph is measured with Apex probe so I know it's accurate, I also measured with Salifert test kit.
The other parameters Were measured with Salifert test kits. I also measured the Phosphate and Alkalinity with both Salifert and Hanna checker and got pretty much the same result.
I'm trying to get Alkalinity to at least 7 or 8 dKH.
The Alk was lower around 5.3dKH a few days ago. What I did was slowly started adding Brightwell Aquatics Alkalin8.3 Buffer. This raised the Alkalinity slightly to where its at right now. Also I started adding Kalkwasser with my Top Of water yesterday. I mixed 2 tsp of Kalk in 5 gal of Ro/Di water.
So I have few questions. Should I continue dosing Kalk and adding the Alkalin8.3 Buffer? How is this going to effect the pH, Calcium and Alk further?
I noticed that after the Kalk and KH buffer the PH rose up at least .10 overall. Will continuing adding thsese further raise the pH?
Am I doing this correctly? Basically I don't want to mess things up to destabilize the water chemistry balance. Any help is greaty appreciated.
Thanks
I am trying to raise my Alkalinity to proper levels. Currently my water parameters are:
Tank size is 90 gal.
Temp 78F
pH: 8.36 during the day 8.20 during night +- 10%
dKH: 6.06 or 2.36 meg /L
Calcium: 450
Ammonia - 0, Nitrite - 0, Nitrate - 3,Phosphate - 0.13
The ph is measured with Apex probe so I know it's accurate, I also measured with Salifert test kit.
The other parameters Were measured with Salifert test kits. I also measured the Phosphate and Alkalinity with both Salifert and Hanna checker and got pretty much the same result.
I'm trying to get Alkalinity to at least 7 or 8 dKH.
The Alk was lower around 5.3dKH a few days ago. What I did was slowly started adding Brightwell Aquatics Alkalin8.3 Buffer. This raised the Alkalinity slightly to where its at right now. Also I started adding Kalkwasser with my Top Of water yesterday. I mixed 2 tsp of Kalk in 5 gal of Ro/Di water.
So I have few questions. Should I continue dosing Kalk and adding the Alkalin8.3 Buffer? How is this going to effect the pH, Calcium and Alk further?
I noticed that after the Kalk and KH buffer the PH rose up at least .10 overall. Will continuing adding thsese further raise the pH?
Am I doing this correctly? Basically I don't want to mess things up to destabilize the water chemistry balance. Any help is greaty appreciated.
Thanks