Hi all.
I have just recently started dosing KH Coralline Gro into my tank. I have had my tank running for about a year and have always had readings of approx 7.6 PH and 5.5 dKH. As i have no corals at the moment and only 2 clown fish I haven't seen it as a concern. Now i am trying to promote coralline algae growth so have started dosing manually. I started raising the KH and PH at about 1dKH per day. On Monday I made the last dose which tested at 10dKH (was aiming for 9dKH). I then left it for 4 days as per instructions before testing again to find out the 4 day drop. I have now test on Friday and it is back down to 6.5dKH.
Is this normal? As I have no corals it seems to be an excessive drop over 4 days. Anyone have any insight to why this would happen if it is not normal?
Thanks
Jack
I have just recently started dosing KH Coralline Gro into my tank. I have had my tank running for about a year and have always had readings of approx 7.6 PH and 5.5 dKH. As i have no corals at the moment and only 2 clown fish I haven't seen it as a concern. Now i am trying to promote coralline algae growth so have started dosing manually. I started raising the KH and PH at about 1dKH per day. On Monday I made the last dose which tested at 10dKH (was aiming for 9dKH). I then left it for 4 days as per instructions before testing again to find out the 4 day drop. I have now test on Friday and it is back down to 6.5dKH.
Is this normal? As I have no corals it seems to be an excessive drop over 4 days. Anyone have any insight to why this would happen if it is not normal?
Thanks
Jack