Emergency Kalkwasser mistake

[chadfish]

During my water change, my ATO accidentally dumped a bunch of Kalkwasser into my DT.

My Alk went from 8.1 to 9.2 just like that.

What do I do???

 

[Garf]

During my water change, my ATO accidentally dumped a bunch of Kalkwasser into my DT.

My Alk went from 8.1 to 9.2 just like that.

What do I do???

Is your pH massively high?

 

[mdb_talon]

I am going to say do nothing. A 1.1 jump that quick is not ideal....but also not really that bad. Just turn at off for awhile and manually topoff pure rodi until it down where you want it.

 

[blstravler]

That's not a crazy jump and I've done similar a few times without ill effect. What is your PH?

 

[bobnicaragua]

That's not a huge swing, people who dose by hand can see that on a daily basis.

I would just top off with regular water, not kalk, for a day or two and let it drop back down on its own.

 

[chadfish]

That's not a crazy jump and I've done similar a few times without ill effect. What is your PH?

8.3

 

[chadfish]

Is your pH massively high?

No, 8.3

 

[chadfish]

Thanks. I tend to overreact. Everyone is happy I’m going to do nothing. Just reset ATO to a weak kalk solution and call this my “new normal “ and try to maintain pH 8.3, alk 9.0 salinity 1.025 (up from 1.024 this morning)
Lots of changes in chemistry today, but I’m within acceptable ranges and everyone will acclimate and thrive with stability going forward.

Thanks R2R!!!