SPS question

[vucious]

Thanks nino.. Just saved that chart hopefully after getting my alk up my sps will do better.. Where do u but ur additives by the way? I was considering getting the stuff from brs


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I use baking soda to raise my alk and kalkwasser to maintain. But raise slowly maybe just .5 dkh per day.


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[Sawdonkey]

I use baking soda to raise my all and kalkwasser to maintain. But raise slowly maybe just .5 dkh per day.


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Do you have to bake the baking soda first?

 

[vucious]

Do you have to bake the baking soda first?

Baked baking soda raises pH. Unbaked baking soda slightly lowers pH. I use unbaked but not very much and I do it slowly along with kalk.


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[Spartanman22]

You can use either baked or unbaked it depends on the pH demands of your system. When you bake it your driving off CO2

 

[EricTheRed]

So if you're baking and removing CO2, wouldn't that raise help to raise the pH in your tank?

 

[EricTheRed]

When raising your alk, make sure you don't raise your pH more than 0.20 with any single dose of alk. Also, you can raise your by 1.4 dkh per day. However, if I was as low as you I'd limit that to 1 dkh per day spread out over two doses...morning & night.

 

[Jep21]

So tested alk today after dosing twice a day.. So as it sits right now

Alk: 111

My goal is to get it to at least 7-8dkh but so far my sps are recovering well..


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[ColaAddict]

Good job!
Make it a habit of testing once a week once you normalize it, expect to dose more as your sticks grow.

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[vucious]

Good job!
Make it a habit of testing once a week once you normalize it, expect to dose more as your sticks grow.

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My tank is still newish and I test alk almost 3 times a week until I know it's stable. I'm using kalkwasser in ATO so I'm still fine tuning it.


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[ColaAddict]

Yes. Sometimes I check more than once a week with API. I check once a week with hanna (more expensive test)


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[tinman]

Yes. Sometimes I check more than once a week with API. I check once a week with hanna (more expensive test)


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I do the same thing

 

[Jep21]

So i set up my jabeo doser and set it to dose 3 times a day 2ml each time.. Also i found another culprit to why my sps were dying.. The fuse in my chiller went out and i didnt notice.. I checked today and my temp was 85.5.. So i went online to check the fuse type and lucky home depot carried them and my chiller is now working fine.. Keeping the tank at a stable 81..


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[Jep21]

Just checked the tank now.. Polyps on all my sps are all out. tank is happy again


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[Mel 2038]

Did you ever get this figured out? If not post some more params.