MORE Chem help... emergency!!! (???)

[Red Coral Aquariums]

Originally Posted by christyf5

If you added the alk portion quickly (or recently) your pH could be higher as a result of that. Over the next 10 days of your vacation the levels will drop (both pH and alk). I don't recommend getting them back up to those levels as wide swings like that aren't really all that great for the inhabitants. A dkH of about 7-9 usually gets the job done IMHO.

+1 your high DKH would result in your ph so high.
Kevin

[BCOrchidGuy]

I agree with Christy, adding the alk fast is not the best idea as pH can spike. As MadReefer said Hagen test kits are alright sometimes but if you take a water sample to a lfs and have them check your water you may find a large discrepancy.

From experience in freshwater I got some fish from a friend, he told me the water should have a pH of around 7.5, I set my water and floated the fish, all was good until they keeled over. My test kit measured his pH at 6.5 while his test kit measured mine at almost 9.... Both were Hagen kits.

Salifert makes a nice test kit, expensive but, spend double the money on a test kit to save an expensive coral is worth it imho.

Doug