How fast to raise alkalinity to 9

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

what would make it suspicious?

5.9 alk the water is acidic water. How are the corals doing?

 

[Stephen8169301]

5.9 alk the water is acidic water. How are the corals doing?

Nah my water is good I also use rodi with a tds checker nothing goes in tank if it’s not 0
Also corals are great but growth has slowed down for a few them

 

[Stephen8169301]

It's a nice looking tank! But I don't see anything that should be sucking up that much alk. I didn't see any of the other thread (at least I don't remember I'm old). Can you please repost the salt type and parameters of fresh mix?

Thank you! Okay I’ll look

 

[Miami Reef]

You need a daily dosing regimen. Do you have a doser pump, or is everything by hand?

Raise the alkalinity 1dKH per day. Find a way to maintain it with daily dosing.

 

[Stephen8169301]

You need a daily dosing regimen. Do you have a doser pump, or is everything by hand?

Raise the alkalinity 1dKH per day. Find a way to maintain it with daily dosing.

By hand unfortunately.. future purchase will be this and ato okay so right now I do the 5ml raises it to 6.2 so should I do maybe 5ml in morning then 5mil at another time

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

5.9 alk the water is acidic water. How are the corals doing?

Acidic water? What do you mean? The pH is not going to be below 7.

 

[Dburr1014]

5.9 alk the water is acidic water. How are the corals doing?

I think your confusing alk with PH.

OP, to answer the original question, 1 Dkh per day is acceptable.
Definatly split the dose to multiple times per day.

 

[Stephen8169301]

I think your confusing alk with PH.

OP, to answer the original question, 1 Dkh per day is acceptable.
Definatly split the dose to multiple times per day.

I’ve currently been dosing since this post been taking it very slow I’m currently at 8dkh

 

[Eoka]

I need to raise my dkh I’m sitting at 5.9 dkh I’d like to be at 9 how fast can I get this up to that target?

I use Hanna checker
I’ve just started dosing Red Sea alk only

My cal 450+
Mag1500+

I have a couple of acros that are mad but I've raised it 3 dkh and it's dropped 5 dkh before. But I'd aim for 1/2-1dkh a day