Curious about my Alkalinity. I neglected the tank for quite a while, many months of just filling up the ATO, feeding a single fish, cleaning the glass. I have done a few water changes over the last month to clean up a pretty bad Caulerpa sp. explosion that was ripped out if the rockwork. I'm using Nyos salt.
40g breeder tank with 75lbs of live rock & 40lbs of special Grade sand that was originally Rinsed.
No skimmer, using a canister, UV, & Algae Reactor.
The canister only has the pre filter that gets cleaned regularly & 5lbs of Biohome Ultimate Marine Media Saltwater in the remaining baskets.
It's been over 6 months since I tested parameters other than Temp/Salinity. I don't have any corals & little coralline algae. Salifert test used
Temp 77.8
Salinity 35ppt
PH 8.4
Alk 10.2
Calcium 380
Nitrates 2
I thought my Alkalinity test was messed up as it has never been that high & I don't dose anything. I checked a fresh batch of Nyos salt that was also 35ppt & it's Alkalinity was 7.3. I tested the tank again & it was still 10.2.
Would the lack of corals, plus the Bio-media keep my Alkalinity? I figured after so much neglect my parameters would be all out of wack, but everything was fine.
40g breeder tank with 75lbs of live rock & 40lbs of special Grade sand that was originally Rinsed.
No skimmer, using a canister, UV, & Algae Reactor.
The canister only has the pre filter that gets cleaned regularly & 5lbs of Biohome Ultimate Marine Media Saltwater in the remaining baskets.
It's been over 6 months since I tested parameters other than Temp/Salinity. I don't have any corals & little coralline algae. Salifert test used
Temp 77.8
Salinity 35ppt
PH 8.4
Alk 10.2
Calcium 380
Nitrates 2
I thought my Alkalinity test was messed up as it has never been that high & I don't dose anything. I checked a fresh batch of Nyos salt that was also 35ppt & it's Alkalinity was 7.3. I tested the tank again & it was still 10.2.
Would the lack of corals, plus the Bio-media keep my Alkalinity? I figured after so much neglect my parameters would be all out of wack, but everything was fine.