Raising Alk
My alkalinity is low and I need to raise it up. My parameters are listed below. I do religious weekly water changes. 15 gallons every Sunday on my 75 gallon tank.
I’m not sure how my Alk got that low, but I will need to raise it. how should I go about it? Baking Soda?
Temp: 80
SG: 1.026
pH: ~8.1
Ca: 470
Alk: 6.5 dKH (2.32 meq/L)
Mag: 1450
I found this on Advanced Aquariast:
Baking Soda: To raise 50 gallons of tank water by 1 meq/L will require about 16 grams of baking soda (sodium bicarbonate; sodium hydrogencarbonate). Since a level teaspoon of baking soda weighs just under 6 grams, then 1 teaspoon will raise the alkalinity in that 50 gallons by ~0.4 meq/L (~1 dKH).
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/nov2002/chem.htm
thanks… I’m sure this is why I lost a lot of my acros.
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