Interesting. I was not aware of this. I stopped Carbon Dosing a few days ago, maybe this was just residual? I will monitor it. I will keep this in mind. I will also test Nitrate today to see what my numbers are. I just read from @Randy Holmes-Farley that if you have an increase in nitrates, alk will also increase. So this is something I need to be aware of as well... HMM still learning...Processing of nitrate via bacteria will produce a positive shift in alk. I believe it is 2.3dkh per 25ppm of nitrate. Is that happening in your tank? kind of hard to say as your nitrate isnt that high to begin with but new nitrate is being made daily so maybe? I am sure there is a better explanation just the first that came to my mind.