Jrodrigo100
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Some of my chalice are not doing so great , some growing but with not nice color , also some turning little white , parameters:alk 7.2 , calcio 470 mag was 1200 but getting now to 1400.
Chalice growing but edge is to white
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Jrodrigo100
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For got to mention is pretty hard for me to my alk stay over 10 in like 2 days drop to 7.3
Jrodrigo100
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Chalice pic
looks ok here. whats your No Po at.
Im no chemist but 7.3 seems right.
I wouldn't chase alk.
Im no chemist but 7.3 seems right.
I wouldn't chase alk.
I bet its zeros
Jrodrigo100
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When I'm trying to chase alk to 9 but has not good results, my po is almos cero but no, i would like to get my alk around 9 for my sps
kendavjac
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Alk stability is more important than a specific value. FWIW Your value is fine. Not sure what your levels are but It is believed that low Nitrate/Phosphate and high Alk can be harmful to corals. I have had ALK swings much less then yours kill a large portion of my corals. You need to work on stability. What and how often do you dose for Alk? How often do you test? What are the rest of your test results (NO3, PO4,)? How long has the tank been set up?
Jrodrigo100
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Has been running 18 months and all my Lps where pretty happy , and my sps just where doing ok , now my Lps (chalice lost like 2 ) in like 3 months , can tell my sps are little better , usually test twice a month , same with Water C , I used to dose alk buffer and calcium buffer , now switch to kalwaser
kendavjac
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Dosing Kalk in your topoff will help stabilize your ALK (and your tank). If you don't have an ATO, then get one. Best $100 spent on a tank. If it was me, I would test every couple of days until you your tank stabilizes. If you don't know what your ALk consumption is, then you can figure it by not dosing for a couple of days and then seeing what the drop is or you can go with the test and adjust method. I would start off slow with Kalk and then increase the amount of Kalk you add to your topoff. Also manually dose ALK and Calc to adjust your #'s until you find the sweet spot for amount of KALK needed. Once it stabilizes, you can back off your testing. Note: you will have to adjust your dosing regularly as your tanks ALK demands change. Minor adjustments maybe once a month. If you need more details then look in the Chemistry forums, tons on posts with lots of info.
