Two Part Dosing Seems High

[cmcimino]

How long has this tank been up and running?

A year and a half

 

[cmcimino]

Alkalinity is at 7.11 dkh for tonight's 10 pm reading. I will be leaving out of town for the week tomorrow. Hoping everything will work out. May do a 10 gallon water change in the morning.

 

[cmcimino]

So question here. My alk went down 0.34 dkh from yesterday. Do i dose the additional liquid soda ash to make up that 0.34 dkh? Would be around 20 additonal ml

 

[cmcimino]

So it’s been about two weeks since I’ve updated this. I got back from my trip and my tank was still about the same. I decided to cut my dosing down to 80 ml a day. I started to notice some improvements in stability. I’ve since lowered my dosing down to 60 ml a day. And my alkalinity has been right at 8.29 every night. I have even noticed my calcium start to rise up to a normal level. Before I was having issues maintaining 360 ppm. Now I’m at 380 ppm. I am hoping this level of dosing will help stabilize my tank and improve coral growth and over all health

 

[Silent]

Glad things are improving. When things are at the level you like you can go without dosing for a day or two and find out exactly how much your tank is actually consuming and stick with those numbers for a while.