Low Alkalinity

[Edgar Sandoval]

Need your help my Alk is 6.7 and my calcium is 380. I have a 60 gallon setup. How much B-Ionic calcium & Alk 2 Part should I dose to bring up the levels?


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[MolaMola]

BulkReefSupply.com has an online calculator you can use to find the amount. Not sure if ESV is same concentration as theirs, but it likely is and I bet a quick search will provide the answer.

 

[Klems]

Here is a reef calculator that has this brand in the dropdown menus:

http://reef.diesyst.com/chemcalc/chemcalc.html

 

[Gablami]

Yup, don't use the brs one. That's just for brs 2 part.


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[Coral reefer]

BulkReefSupply.com has an online calculator you can use to find the amount. Not sure if ESV is same concentration as theirs, but it likely is and I bet a quick search will provide the answer.

Not the same. Bionic is more concentrated.

 

[Coral reefer]

Need your help my Alk is 6.7 and my calcium is 380. I have a 60 gallon setup. How much B-Ionic calcium & Alk 2 Part should I dose to bring up the levels?

Go slow and test every day or two if you have time. I'd start with 5 ml per day. Not sure how much stony coral you have?
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[rygh]

What Mike said!
You definitely do NOT want to fix it all at once. Big Alk changes are far worse that being a bit low.

 

[yellojello]

If you don't have livestock, you can bring up to your liking, but as rygh said, large swing in parameters in short period of time can kill corals.

Best to test water, dosing a guesstimate, then test water after water circulates enough.

Which salt are you using for water changes? Test that too, as the parameters will be different depending on the salinity you mix too.


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[magnetar68]

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2002/11/chemistry

my favorite on the topic

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[Edgar Sandoval]

Thank you guys. I'll start dosing 5ml per day and see how it goes


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[roostertech]

Make sure mag is already in range before upping alk.