Parameters need help

[WSM]

i am having some issues with my parameters in my tank
i have 9 hammer corals
2 frogs
8 acans
1 BTA
1 bubble coral
20 P of zoas

1day after WC 4/28/2020

nitrite	0​
ph	8.3​
ammonia	0​
nitrate	5​
cal	300​
alk	8.8​
salnity	1.025​
mag	1170-1200

4/30/2020
nitrite	0​
ph	8.3​
ammonia	0​
nitrate	0-5
cal	300​
alk	9​
salnity	1.025​
mag	1200​

i followed BRS instructions for to test after 2 days but as you can see the alk went up & cal stayed the same. i dont know how the levels are not dropping with this many corals.
i have tissue recession on some of LPS just going up the stock. you can see what im talking about here https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/euphyllia-coral-help.711859/#post-7365275.
so i wanted to start dosing to keep the levels constant.
& raise calcium up to where it should be.

anybody have any thoughts on this? should i wait longer test again after a week? i feel like these levels would get used up quicker.

 

[lapin]

Looks like you upgraded from a 13 to a 25 . Added a different light and a bunch of corals. It can be the change in lighting or flow that is causing of some your problems. Just a thought

 

[WSM]

Same light. I’ve added corals over the course of a few months not all at once. Probably half came from the 13.5

Any idea why the alk & cal isn’t being consumed?

 

[Dylan McKenzie Holloway]

What test kit are you using? I wouldn't worry too much about the alk going up, I would raise your calc. I generally don't raise it more than 50 in a day. I'd bump it up about 25 a day, maybe chill around 350-375 for a day or two then finish it out in the 400-425 range.

A phosphate test kit is good to have on hand as well. You can also probably quite checking nitrates. Once the tank is cycled you should get any of that.

 

[WSM]

I’m using a Hanna for alk
I also have Hanna for cal but use api as well.
i also test for nitrates because from what i understand LPS like a little " dirty water"

thanks for the reply I’ll use brs calculator to start bumping calcium

 

[Dylan McKenzie Holloway]

Oh yeah I would trust your results then. Hanna are nice. Hanna calc i have heard are difficult. I like the red Sea for calcium. I trust it pretty good.