STEEZY
Active Member
Well I got a bad batch of Hanna alkalinity (lot 0160) and it took me running out and opening a new batch to realize it, embarrassingly so.
I kept chasing ALK, getting consistently lower readings than expected and over doubling my all for reef dose (over time, like a month) to no avail.
I was trying to maintain ~8dkh and was getting in the 7 and even 6.5 range occasionally, nothing seemed to help.
well I open a new box and to my shock it is 10.3, tested again and it’s 10.4. Triple check with my Red Sea kit and got 10 (really should have done this a lot sooner, doh!)
Anyway, I hope this helps someone else and they figure it out quicker than I did.
silver lining, I made slow adjustments and nothing seemed to really suffer, with the possible exception of a scoly that was slowly withering away. I ended up trading it in since I couldn’t bear to see it go. I’ll check the store, maybe it’s doing better for them!!
I kept chasing ALK, getting consistently lower readings than expected and over doubling my all for reef dose (over time, like a month) to no avail.
I was trying to maintain ~8dkh and was getting in the 7 and even 6.5 range occasionally, nothing seemed to help.
well I open a new box and to my shock it is 10.3, tested again and it’s 10.4. Triple check with my Red Sea kit and got 10 (really should have done this a lot sooner, doh!)
Anyway, I hope this helps someone else and they figure it out quicker than I did.
silver lining, I made slow adjustments and nothing seemed to really suffer, with the possible exception of a scoly that was slowly withering away. I ended up trading it in since I couldn’t bear to see it go. I’ll check the store, maybe it’s doing better for them!!
