Hey Everyone,
I’m a bit confused and frustrated right now.
For months my Alkalinity tracked my dosing and water changes. In my 20 gallon, it’s lately been needing about 2.25 ml of Alk per day to keep it at 8.5. Calcium remains steady without dosing around 420.
I just replaced my Hannah All reagent and my reading went from 8.4 dKh last night to 10.0 tonight!!! I tested again and it was 10.1.
I tested some saltwater that should be a little more than 7.0 and it was 7.4. The pH is is 8.3 or a bit higher.
My old reagent wasn’t expired and it never seemed odd with test results. Always dropped about 0.2 dKH a day and I dosed 2.5 ml - 5 ml to keep it at 8.5.
Does anyone have any idea what is going on? Did I get a bad reagent originally do you think?
I’m a bit confused and frustrated right now.
For months my Alkalinity tracked my dosing and water changes. In my 20 gallon, it’s lately been needing about 2.25 ml of Alk per day to keep it at 8.5. Calcium remains steady without dosing around 420.
I just replaced my Hannah All reagent and my reading went from 8.4 dKh last night to 10.0 tonight!!! I tested again and it was 10.1.
I tested some saltwater that should be a little more than 7.0 and it was 7.4. The pH is is 8.3 or a bit higher.
My old reagent wasn’t expired and it never seemed odd with test results. Always dropped about 0.2 dKH a day and I dosed 2.5 ml - 5 ml to keep it at 8.5.
Does anyone have any idea what is going on? Did I get a bad reagent originally do you think?