alkalinity test

rage1199 · 07/22/2011, 10:17 PM

I was doing my first alkalinity test and the instructions said count the drops added until it turns yellow. I did that and counted 19; does that mean my alkalinity is too high. all my other parameters are okay. calcium is up a bit at 500 but everything else is okay. I got a 55 gallon with 100 pounds of live rock. is it okay at that level?

papagimp · 07/22/2011, 10:22 PM

did you retest just to make sure?

disc1 · 07/23/2011, 12:52 AM

It tells you to count the drops, but does it then tell you what to do with that number? For some kits, you have to cut it in half, in which case you're golden. For some kits you cut it by 4, in which case you would be low. For some kits, it's the number, in that case you're high.

What kind of kit is it?

rage1199 · 07/23/2011, 09:25 AM

API KH kit

Lynnmw1208 · 07/23/2011, 09:45 AM

yeah something is definitely not right. Usually 8-9 drops is good for that kit for me. I have since moved to using red sea kits though.

Sport507 · 07/23/2011, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Lynnmw1208

yeah something is definitely not right. Usually 8-9 drops is good for that kit for me. I have since moved to using red sea kits though.

+1

Are you caping and inverting several times for each drop? 19 drops is a Dkh of 19 or 339ppm and that's way high by anybodies standards. The cart on that kit only goes to 12.

Retest and let us know.

rage1199 · 07/23/2011, 12:58 PM

I did all the above! 19. just did water change last week.

Sport507 · 07/23/2011, 01:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rage1199

I did all the above! 19. just did water change last week.

Have you check the magnesium level and are you dosing Anything at all, if so what is it?

rage1199 · 07/23/2011, 05:27 PM

Fuel and Ion by aquavito and iodine by seachems. Nothing is dead my corals soft and lps are fine Don't know magnesium levels.

07/22/2011, 10:17 PM	#1
rage1199 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Miami, Fl Posts: 461	alkalinity test I was doing my first alkalinity test and the instructions said count the drops added until it turns yellow. I did that and counted 19; does that mean my alkalinity is too high. all my other parameters are okay. calcium is up a bit at 500 but everything else is okay. I got a 55 gallon with 100 pounds of live rock. is it okay at that level?

07/22/2011, 10:22 PM	#2
papagimp COMAS Rocks! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Posts: 8,185 Blog Entries: 2	did you retest just to make sure? __________________ 58g Softie & 75g Stoney Member, Central Oklahoma Marine Aquarium Society Current Tank Info: 58g Mixed Reef Project - Started June 2011

07/23/2011, 12:52 AM	#3
disc1 -RT * ln(k) Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Little Rock Posts: 9,705	It tells you to count the drops, but does it then tell you what to do with that number? For some kits, you have to cut it in half, in which case you're golden. For some kits you cut it by 4, in which case you would be low. For some kits, it's the number, in that case you're high. What kind of kit is it? __________________ David Current Tank: Undergoing reconstruction...

07/23/2011, 09:45 AM	#5
Lynnmw1208 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Brunswick, Ohio Posts: 3,306	yeah something is definitely not right. Usually 8-9 drops is good for that kit for me. I have since moved to using red sea kits though. __________________ equipment: Eshopps psk-200 skimmer, Mag 12 pump, 30gal sump, 2x 300w Finnex heaters, glass-holes 1500gph overflow kit with 3/4" return kits, 72" 8x36w t-5 AquaticLife light, 66lbs of LR, 150lbs of tropic eden reeflakes, 2 Koralia Evo 1400, JBJ ATO, BRS dual GFO/carbon reactors, Hydor smartwave Current Tank Info: 125gallon

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