My alkalinity is currently at 7.5 and I want to get it to around 8.5 at least. I keep adding alkalinity but it doesn’t go up. I’ve read somewhere that I might have to raise calcium along with alkalinity for the alkalinity to actually go up. Anyone have any info on this?
Adding calcium to raise alkalinity?
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Twins Dragonz
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What is your calcium level?
ihavecrabs
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Extremely low magnesium can make it hard to keep your alkalinity up. But no, adding calcium would not increase alkalinity unless you were using a product like kalk.
What product are you using, what dosage, and what overall tank volume?
What product are you using, what dosage, and what overall tank volume?
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JAMSOURY
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Oh ok, I’m using brs 2 part with a spread over 24 hours. Just increased my dosage by 4ml in a 55 gallon system. According to the calculator, it should be raising it nice and slowly but I’ve bumped it a couple times and it stayed the same. Used Hannah and salifert to cross check my alk levels and they’re consistent.
