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That phosphate media is no doubt the cause of your alk falling. I’d take it out and do a water change or add some alkalinity supliment
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It’s probably worth doing a little research why the general guide is 10% at anyone time and the reason for thatWater changes upsetting water parameters..? How so?
I don't have any alk element atm. I will prob try run down to the LFS to grab some if I can but in doing a water change it just brings up the calcium, mag and other trace elements back to the levels they should be instead of dosing a bunch of things (also removes anything that could be causing an issue)If you have an alkalinity element to raise it, why don’t you just add some. Something like Red Sea Foundation B and bring the alkalinity up to 7-8 dKH or get something from the LFS
If your trying to keep it at 10 for whatever reason get it back up there over a day or so
As far as the ammonia is concerned just check the test and make sure nothings died to cause it
Doing large water changes is just going to upset the water parameters even more unless there is good reason to do them.
All you have to do to maintain a reef tank is keep the parameters stable and at the correct levels, thats it.
yep the more I've read up on it the more I see that phosphate media can cause alk to drop. I've stopped running it and have done a water change. I'm going to leave the tank to settle for today and keep an eye on the levels. Slowly try bring it back up to where I wanted itThat phosphate media is no doubt the cause of your alk falling. I’d take it out and do a water change or add some alkalinity supliment
yep the more I've read up on it the more I see that phosphate media can cause alk to drop. I've stopped running it and have done a water change. I'm going to leave the tank to settle for today and keep an eye on the levels. Slowly try bring it back up to where I wanted it
My snails are above the water line every day. In the wild they are accustomed to a high and low tide and being outside the water is normal for them.Hello all I just woke up to find all my snails at the top of the tank if not above the water level.
The Coraline all over my tank is turning white around the edges. the fish seem ok but are all sleeping as the lights are off. This is all overnight
I did a quick water change to see if it helps the issue, I'm going to be doing a full blast of water tests now but does anyone know what could cause this overnight? No changes to the tank at all except I have been running phosbond in a reactor and have done a water change this week.
As the lights are off I'm not sure how the corals are but I don't have high hopes.