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Zerandise 03-24-2005 12:44 AM

High Alk
 
well the skimmer went nuts wile i was at work and had my auto top off feed about 4 gal of top off water into my tank by way of kalk reactor.....

Ca is at 460 and KH is at 10.6 and Alk is at 3.77

What would be the best way to drop it down closer to norm and will it have any bad effect till its back down?

P.S. Kalk reactor is unplugged.

Jack 03-24-2005 12:53 AM

That isn't even a harmful alkalinity to be at so don't worry too much.

Natural sea water is 8dkh so you are pretty close.

The thing you may want to worry about is the slight upwards pH spike after adding that much kalk.. but even with your water volume you won't need to worry about that either.

I think you'll find lots of hobbiests keep it around 10 dkh +- 2dkh.

Hope that helps and calms your worries.

Willow 03-24-2005 12:54 AM

cough*abs float valve*cough

Zerandise 03-24-2005 01:15 AM

nothing to do with the float :P my skimmer was taking to much water out wile i was at work. my top off would refill the water no matter how its done :)

thanks Jack!

Aquattro 03-24-2005 01:21 AM

My alk is higher than that normally, on purpose.

marie 03-24-2005 01:34 AM

I would think your salinity would be the one to worry about :confused:

Aquattro 03-24-2005 01:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marie
I would think your salinity would be the one to worry about :confused:

At that volume of water in the tank, the salinity is likely close to normal also.

Zerandise 03-24-2005 01:41 AM

yeah salinity didnt move much. I have 180 total gallons of water. 4 gallons over a day doesnt change alot

marie 03-24-2005 01:47 AM

I guess i should make it a habit to read signatures more often :redface:. For some reason i thought you had a smaller tank :lol:


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