dannyt
Community Member
Hi, I have a 250 gallon mixed reef tank for about 18 months now. The tank is medium stock on corals, about 15 fish varies sizes and species.
My maintenance schedule was a 20% water change weekly. several months ago, the growth and coloration in my tank stopped. I've decided to start dosing (which i wasn't before) and went with the Triton 4 part solution.
The challenge that i'm having is that my ALK usage seems very low to little. Triton recommends beginning their dosing at 8 dhk. I waited until my tank reached 7.9 and begin dosing their recommended daily dosage for a beginner doser. a few days in i noticed that my monti's went grey and an SPS colony went RTN on me. So, i tested and my DKH was @ 9. I immediately stopped dosing. 48 hours later my DKH is @ 8.6
Based on several threads I've read, similar tanks use around 1.5 - 2 dkh per day. While its only been 48 hours, it seems i'm only loosing about 0.2 dhk/day which seems incrediably low.
Any thoughts on whats going on?
My maintenance schedule was a 20% water change weekly. several months ago, the growth and coloration in my tank stopped. I've decided to start dosing (which i wasn't before) and went with the Triton 4 part solution.
The challenge that i'm having is that my ALK usage seems very low to little. Triton recommends beginning their dosing at 8 dhk. I waited until my tank reached 7.9 and begin dosing their recommended daily dosage for a beginner doser. a few days in i noticed that my monti's went grey and an SPS colony went RTN on me. So, i tested and my DKH was @ 9. I immediately stopped dosing. 48 hours later my DKH is @ 8.6
Based on several threads I've read, similar tanks use around 1.5 - 2 dkh per day. While its only been 48 hours, it seems i'm only loosing about 0.2 dhk/day which seems incrediably low.
Any thoughts on whats going on?
