Alk and Cal very low really quick

Ippyroy · Nov 23, 2020

According to my Triton my alk fell .3 dkh in a couple of hours and calcium went from 400 - 380 in the same time span. I will be confirming these results later this evening. My mag was at 1290 and I brought it up to 1320. Would this cause the alk and calcium to drop?

Randy Holmes-Farley · Nov 23, 2020

No likely anything to do with magnesium (folks way overplay that issue), but a water top off would. As could test error.

Ippyroy · Nov 23, 2020

Randy Holmes-Farley said:
No likely anything to do with magnesium (folks way overplay that issue), but a water top off would. As could test error.

It has to be test error. I have a Tunze ATO and no issues with it. My water is a solid 1.026. Thanks! I will calibrate the Trident and manually test when I get home. The only thing else that it could be would have to be coraline growing at 100% faster rate.