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08-07-2010, 09:34 PM
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whats your water change and dosing schedule?? daily, once a week? I do a 2% water change daily and a 10% weekly and dose on my 10% water change. I only need to boost up my alk with 5ml baking soda maybe once a month to maintain my lvl at 9dkh other than that I have had steady lvls with minimal if any fluctuations.
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08-08-2010, 02:35 AM
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well right now I am testing the tank levels daily and dosing when it gets too low. I am still trying to figure out a dosing level that will maintain my alk. As for water changes I do a 10% weekly. What I have been doing for a couple weeks is dosing my water change water higher than the levels I want to bring the tank back to the levels I want.
What I can't understand is were my alk is going. It dropped 1dkh a day with nothing added to the tank. I can't see coraline using that much and nothing else in there should be using much at all.
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08-08-2010, 12:47 PM
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something is soaking up that dkh.......if your parameters are dropping daily and you want to keep them stable, then you will need to dose daily
 ......either directly to the tank or in your top up water.....just curious but, what brand of salt are you using?...... and have you tested a new batch of salt water before youve done a w/c?
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08-08-2010, 04:49 PM
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I am using IO salt. When I tested a new batch it was low in mag and clac and I am now dosing it.
Interesting note is that a lot of the coraline has changed colour and some is flaking off the plastic. What I don't understand is why my dkh was stable at around 7, never dropping, until I raised my levels. They seem to be out of balance but the measurments say they are balanced. Could raising the levels have caused things like coraline or the tiny clam to start consuming more?
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08-13-2010, 12:49 AM
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I am having nothing but problems trying to stabilize my tank.
Can someone who uses IO please tell me how you prepare your water change water. Do I just mix it up and dump in the additives I need or do I do it slowly over time?
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