Rising dKH mystery.

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I plan to keep LPS and softies so from my understanding they should tolerate it well, that said I plan to switch to Read Sea or MW-Marinemix soon. I dont personally care about the high alk as long as it wont harm my corals once I add them, I want optimal conditions so if the alk being high is an issue I want to correct it.

More people with reef tanks use high alk mixes than use low alk mixes, so I would not be focussing on this issue right now. It certainly does not mean the alk in the tank needs to be high, just that you may need to dose less.

 

[Evan West]

More people with reef tanks use high alk mixes than use low alk mixes, so I would not be focussing on this issue right now. It certainly does not mean the alk in the tank needs to be high, just that you may need to dose less.

I dont dose anything tho, the tank is cycling right now, all Ive done is top off with RO.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Right. So it is not really time to be worrying about alkalinity being high.