My kH is low this week...it's 6. What can I do to get it up a little? Should I just do another water change? My GSP is just not happy right now....such a sensitive little guy!!
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My kH is low this week...it's 6. What can I do to get it up a little? Should I just do another water change? My GSP is just not happy right now....such a sensitive little guy!!
Deanna
29gBC 2Clownfish,Watchman,Sixline.Cleaner shrimp,Peppermint shrimp,hermits and snails.GSP,Green/blue Mushrooms, Xenia,Zoas.
90G-Baby hippo tang,lawnmower blenny,firefish,8 chromis,cleaner shrimp,fireshrimp,crabs/snails,zoas, GBTA,kenya tree,frogspawn,mushrooms,candycanes.
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Water change is usually effective. You can dose a 2 part like B-ionioc. For just Alkalinity, try the reef chemistry calculator: http://jdieck1.home.comcast.net/~jdieck1/chemcalc.html
Anhydrous baking soda works well. Just bake it at 300 for a couple of hours. It drives off the CO2.
Bill
215g FOWLR... and anemones, GSP, gorgonians... carp, that isn't FO!
"I killed my first SW Fish in 1971..."
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Hi,
Just curious about where you normally keep your alk level at, I would be surprised if your PH isn't low as well. Going on your signature it doesn't look like you have any "heavy" consumers in your tank so you most likely can maintain levels with water changes. Not sure of your water change schedule but if you can't maintain Ca/Alk/Mg levels between changes then you may want to consider the 2-part dosing as mentioned below. Just go slow as you bring up that Alk level if everything else is within NSW ranges.
Cheers,
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