Alk drops 2 dkh after using detox

[Motts]

so my dkh dropped to 5.7 from 7.5 after the recommended 72 hrs of detox and week of carbon. calcium and magnesium are on point. What is the best way to get things back to normal? Please advise

 

[Motts]

should i just get the CO3 Alkalinity Increaser to raise the ALk ? is this a common side effect of using detox?

 

[Joe Batt]

I added Detox a couple of days ago and will restart the carbon and GFO this evening. I will be interested to see the effect on the Kh....

 

[Motts]

yes it will be interesting if you experience the same effect. please keep us posted.

 

[Joe Batt]

Just tested it and my Kh is in line with what I would have expected so no drop after the DETOX for me.

 

[Motts]

Joe are you detoxing copper? and or anything else?

 

[Motts]

Joe are you detoxing copper? and or anything else?

 

[Joe Batt]

I had a very small amount of copper and a small level of aluminium and tin. I tried metasorp and that brought it down quite a bit, now detox and water change. I am also increasing the GFO and removing the marine pure to see if that removes the aluminium.

 

[Tim2@Triton Verified Sponsor]

Detox is a mild acid, it does drop KH somewhat. Use NaHCO3 or CO3 to buffer the hardness back up.

 

[Motts]

I had a very small amount of copper and a small level of aluminium and tin. I tried metasorp and that brought it down quite a bit, now detox and water change. I am also increasing the GFO and removing the marine pure to see if that removes the aluminium.

i was going to remove the marine pure plates as well but my last icp finally came back negative aluminum. i guess it took a little over 12 months for the aluminum leaching to stop so i am keeping them in for now.

 

[Motts]

Detox is a mild acid, it does drop KH somewhat. Use NaHCO3 or CO3 to buffer the hardness back up.

my calcium and magnesium are perfect and only the alk dropped so i just ordered the CO3 Alkalinity Increaser .

 

[Joe Batt]

Just use Bicarbonate of Soda (it is NaHCO3) from the supermarket......it just raises the Kh and does nothing else.

My tank is around 320 litres total water after rocks etc. 1 gram of Bicarbonate of Soda raises my tank by 0.1dKh

 

[Motts]

just trying to stick to the full Triton method and use only the purest product

 

[Joe Batt]

Stuff from the supermarket is food grade and pure

 

[Motts]

yes for American standards, i just want to eliminate any chances of my baking soda having contaminants and i am willing to pay the schmuck tax 1 time.

 

[Joe Batt]

No worries I'm just a tight ****...... We sound like a couple of drug dealers discussing where we can get the pure stuff