Alkalinity Increasing Without Dosing!?

rmurken · Dec 25, 2019

Randy Holmes-Farley said:
In the future, I wouldn’t waste money on barium and rubidium. Neither has any known role in any known organism.

I once drank a massive volume of berry-flavored barium shake prior to a CT scan in order to make my GI tract stand out. Barium has certainly played a role in my life. #DrinkThePeriodicTable

Randy Holmes-Farley · Dec 25, 2019

GoVols said:
Hello Randy,
If your nitrate levels go down, can't our alk rise, and... Visa versa?

yes, consumption of nitrate adds alkalinity.
2.3 dKH for each 50 ppm nitrate consumed.

Randy Holmes-Farley · Dec 25, 2019

AngryOwl said:
No water changes or tap water lol. I did add about 8 cups of salt to my top off water to help raise salinty.. but that was with tropic marin pro which to my understanding mixes at 7dkh.

Obviously that’s the explanation as folks have pointed out. It doesn’t raise alk when first added, but as soon as water evaporates and brings the salinity back to normal, everything in the salt mix rose.

Randy Holmes-Farley · Dec 25, 2019

rmurken said:
I once drank a massive volume of berry-flavored barium shake prior to a CT scan in order to make my GI tract stand out. Barium has certainly played a role in my life. #DrinkThePeriodicTable

Lol ok