I was doing some tank maintenance the other day and discovered that my Alk dosing solution was empty. Did an Alk test with my Hanna checker and it was 7.5 dkh, down from about 8.3 dkh last time I checked it. So I went to one of the reef calculators (the BRS one since I wanted to use the BRS Soda Ash) and found out I needed 16 tsp of Soda Ash to bump it up to 8.5 or 9 range. So I mix it up, and add 1/2 of the solution on Wednesday, and the remaining half on Thursday. Stupid me didn't test between doses, because I am apparently an idiot. So I test this morning (Friday) and Alk is 13.5dkh. So either I mathed wrong, converted wrong, got wrong info, committed a series of unfortunate events, or all of the above. Don't be like me, test between doses when making corrections. This is something I know, I just didn't do!
Tank looks great, everything is out and SPS looks fine. Zoas, palys, and LPS are all normal and happy looking.
My thought was to stop my Alk dosing and let it come back down gradually, probably over the course of a few days to a week. If an Alk of 12 dkh is the high side of "ideal" I'm not that far over at 13.5 dkh. I was hoping for some advice that this is the correct course of action. I want to avoid another drastic swing if possible.
Thoughts?
Tank looks great, everything is out and SPS looks fine. Zoas, palys, and LPS are all normal and happy looking.
My thought was to stop my Alk dosing and let it come back down gradually, probably over the course of a few days to a week. If an Alk of 12 dkh is the high side of "ideal" I'm not that far over at 13.5 dkh. I was hoping for some advice that this is the correct course of action. I want to avoid another drastic swing if possible.
Thoughts?