Overdosed alkalinity, too much?

Landoh17 · Oct 28, 2020

Hey guys.

So I was dosing my tanks with BRS Sodium Bicarb for Alk. I was distracted when dosing and put the wrong amount in. I bounced the alk a full 1.0dKH. Everything looked okay for a while today, but shortly after feeding tonight, some of my Euphyllia looked irritated. (Understandable) My question is if I need to worry about long term effects like disease and what not with the stress. I do have a UV sterilizer. I've had the tank for a year.

Any thoughts on this or any experience?

Spare time · Oct 28, 2020

Its fine. BRS says the max is 1.4KH. Any clue what your alk level is at?

gabrieltackitt · Oct 28, 2020

That much of a sudden change in alk probably came with a pretty hefty pH change, which is more than likely what ticked things off. I would skip dosing for a bit and let it level back out to your normal level then resume regular dosing.

Spare time · Oct 28, 2020

gabrieltackitt said:
That much of a sudden change in alk probably came with a pretty hefty pH change, which is more than likely what ticked things off. I would skip dosing for a bit and let it level back out to your normal level then resume regular dosing.

He used bicarbonate which won't really do anything to his pH immediately. It actually slightly lowers it at first (but I believe it raises it in the long run as I think Randy said once).

Landoh17 · Oct 28, 2020

Yup, currently at 9.4. Was 8.4.

Spare time said:
Its fine. BRS says the max is 1.4KH. Any clue what your alk level is at?

Landoh17 · Oct 28, 2020

gabrieltackitt said:
That much of a sudden change in alk probably came with a pretty hefty pH change, which is more than likely what ticked things off. I would skip dosing for a bit and let it level back out to your normal level then resume regular dosing.

That was my plan! My DS torch looked the worst

Spare time · Oct 28, 2020

Landoh17 said:
Yup, currently at 9.4. Was 8.4.

That is fine. I typically run my alk higher than that so honestly I wouldn't be worried

Randy Holmes-Farley · Oct 29, 2020

Landoh17 said:
Hey guys.

So I was dosing my tanks with BRS Sodium Bicarb for Alk. I was distracted when dosing and put the wrong amount in. I bounced the alk a full 1.0dKH. Everything looked okay for a while today, but shortly after feeding tonight, some of my Euphyllia looked irritated. (Understandable) My question is if I need to worry about long term effects like disease and what not with the stress. I do have a UV sterilizer. I've had the tank for a year.

Any thoughts on this or any experience?

Should be fine.