high alkalinity

marino6t9 · 03/12/2007, 06:18 PM

what do you do to lower alkalinity and magnesium?

BlueCorn · 03/12/2007, 06:31 PM

This thread has been moved to the current forum.

Both will actually drop, naturally, on their own providing you stop supplementing them.

Whether you need to take more aggressive action would depend on how high your current levels are. Post your numbers.

Cheers

bertoni · 03/12/2007, 06:33 PM

You probably can wait for alkalinity to drop, but if any animals are showing signs of problems, some water changes are about all you can do that's safe.

demonsp · 03/12/2007, 06:56 PM

DO you use tap water ? Aslo your weekly water changes are very important during this. Alkalinity and ph are side by side . Is your PH high ?

03/12/2007, 06:18 PM	#1
marino6t9 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: npnj Posts: 2	high alkalinity what do you do to lower alkalinity and magnesium?

03/12/2007, 06:31 PM	#2
BlueCorn Retired Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,908	This thread has been moved to the current forum. Both will actually drop, naturally, on their own providing you stop supplementing them. Whether you need to take more aggressive action would depend on how high your current levels are. Post your numbers. Cheers __________________ Doug [I]Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made when establishing tonal relationships. ~ Ansel Adams[/I]

03/12/2007, 06:33 PM	#3
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	You probably can wait for alkalinity to drop, but if any animals are showing signs of problems, some water changes are about all you can do that's safe. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

03/12/2007, 06:56 PM	#4
demonsp Moved On Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: el paso tx Posts: 7,634	DO you use tap water ? Aslo your weekly water changes are very important during this. Alkalinity and ph are side by side . Is your PH high ?