Alk Issue

Epik parameter

No3 = 50

No2 = 1

Cl² = 0

KH = 7~9

Ph = 8.4

Can someone help me or help me create a day by day schedule to help my tank im dosing neophos and prime but my reading are

Salinity 1.024

Alkalinity 15.3

PH 7.4

Phosphate 0

Nitrate 50-100

Nitrite 0.1

Ammonia 0.25

It’s only a 52L tank. I have a frogspawn(closed few days) everything else is fine 2 clownfish urchin torch and mushroom

Week 3 and 4! Diatoms everywhere! Massive KH drop forcing a mid cycle water change. Understanding KH and the role of KH/PH in cycling was a massive learning curve for me! Hopefully nitrites continue to drop to 0! Ammonia at 0! Should be cycled in a week or so!

Finally got my alk dialed in and the hammer is starting to show it! Also got some new growths on the utter chaos zoa

Finally got my tank looking full again hate to see how much my alkalinity dose goes from 😅

I dont think these guys are happy. My alk admittedly swings from 7.7-8.3 every couple of days. I do weekly water changes(5gal in a 18x18) I dose .75ml Seachem Fusion 2 every 2 days. My salinity is 1.025. Nitrate is right around 5 but phosphate gets a little high 0.20. I dont have a bio bioload but I run a skimmer. Ammonia and nitrite 0.

How often is everyone else testing? I test every Sunday morning before my lights go on. I also do a 10 %water change religiously every Sunday. These numbers are tropic Marin pro reef salt with 7 ml of soda ash mixed with 4 gallons of water for my weekly water change to bring my alk up to around 9. I also dose 2.5 ml twice a week of potassium and 3ml daily of all for reef.

What would suck your alkalinity down to zero. And what is is the ideal alkalinity for a reef tank?

My alk dipped to 3.8 but I'm working on bringing it up thank God I caught it early. Mostly softies with a few lps.

Hi all,

Wonder if you can help.

My tank at the moment is using KH like you wouldn’t believe. Levels I have never seen before.

I am currently dosing Red Sea Foundation B (image below), alongside foundation A and C.

My question, Is there a cheaper alternative available in the UK with the same quality? Or would anyone know a reason as to why the KH is depleting so quickly?

For reference, I like to keep the KH around 10 and dosing around 212ml per week to maintain this level! (via automatic daily dosing of 30ml)

Made some routine changes… started dosing All For Reef and adding Coral aminos daily… finally got the alkalinity stabilizing and calcium to come down to normal ranges. Mt first two corals, the favia and trumpet, I thought I was losing during these fluctuations. They’re popping and coming back, and the trumpets are starting to fill out again! Finally on the right track. Going to get a single dosing pump to help with the consistency.

does anyone else have issues keeping their pH above 8? Mine is just hardlocked at 7.8 and even when adding buffers the pH went from 8.1-8.2 right back down to 7.8 in under a day.