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Old 09-30-2011, 02:42 AM
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I tested kh/cal/ph today

Ph= 8.4
kh=210
mag=1560

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this doesnt sound like youve got this right??
tested...kh, cal, ph
results for... ph,kh, mag

Is you kh results actually your cal results??

Haha I. Guess I should have listed just the specific one I was to mention

My alkalinity/KH is 210
My calcium is 450
My magnesium is 1560
My pH is 8.4
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Old 09-30-2011, 03:00 AM
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just struck me as strange, ive never heard of anybodies alk being remotely close to 210!!
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Old 09-30-2011, 05:35 PM
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just struck me as strange, ive never heard of anybodies alk being remotely close to 210!!
210 KH = 11.76 DKH which is okay if you are running your system without probiotic. mag is a bit high but that shouldn't be that much of a concern. If your sps are growing then I wouldn't worry about too much.
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Old 09-30-2011, 09:16 PM
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I did just start a regiment of bioptim last week. Are there any adverse affects of this product and a higher dkh
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IME when using any probiotic system, if the alk creeps above 10 dkh depends on what your other parameters are sitting at , it might cause alk burn. If your other parameters are out of whack it will cause even more problems like stn or rtn. Once one colony starts to rtn it is likely that it will create a snowball effect and take out rest of the sps. Also make sure your potassium is in line as the probiotic system stripes it out of the water at a fairly rapid rate.

If I would you I would get your alk back down to about 7-8ish and go from there.
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Old 09-30-2011, 10:11 PM
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Will do tonight thanks very much
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