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Alkalinity swings in pico tank


Baroose_Le

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I set up my little 3 gallon PiCo tank a few months ago and haven't done much other than let it cycle, add a CUC and a couple tiny frags of zoas, pulsing xenia and a tiny chunk of pocilopora from my 150 just because.

I feed my CUC a bit and have been changing out about 1 gallon of water every week and have some chemipure elite in the back chamber (maybe 2 oz). I finally have the time to devote more energy to this tank and have began testing calcium and alkalinity to see where I am at . I would expect almost no fluctuations in these parameters since there is barely any livestock but strangely, my alk usually drops several points every day. The first time I tested, it was 5.5 (!) and after bringing it up to 8.5 or so, rapidly drops about 2 points every day. Basically, I am having to dose my alk daily and I don't have anything in the tank yet!

Any ideas? I have heard chemipure can drop dKh but this much?

Thanks in advance

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