So I just bought the Hanna Alkalinity tester and just finished testing it and it is showing a reading of 7.6dKH and my pH is about 8, from the research I've done, I read that Instant Ocean usually has a high dKH of 12.
My tank is relatively new but I want to start testing levels for corals as I plan to start putting some in within the next 3-4 months (give my tank some more time to mature), I plan to mainly stock softies with a few sps. Is there a reason why my dKH would be this low? Should I just continue to wait and see if it raises over time? I would like to see it around 9dKH.
My tank is relatively new but I want to start testing levels for corals as I plan to start putting some in within the next 3-4 months (give my tank some more time to mature), I plan to mainly stock softies with a few sps. Is there a reason why my dKH would be this low? Should I just continue to wait and see if it raises over time? I would like to see it around 9dKH.