3twenty5 Posted March 26, 2003 Share Posted March 26, 2003 Ok well all seems to look healthy, added a perc a on friday after a 2 gallon water change(same LFS seatwater I have been using) and some zoos & mushrooms on sunday. I also started to run a bag of carbon in my refuge as of friday andremoved the carbon bag on sunday morning. My levels have been fine, now I go and test my Ph and its 8.4 and my alk is measuring high. Did the carbon do this? I had alot of evaporation so I topped teh tank off with RO/DI water and tested again getting teh same results...My tank is about 5 weeks old. I have also been noticing slight patches of cyano or some small brown diatom bloom. Link to comment
Physh1 Posted March 26, 2003 Share Posted March 26, 2003 Test the water your getting from your LFS and check your DI/RO water....either one of those could be it. 8.4 is ok....no reason to worry about that. What is high when your referring to you alk/dkh value? The cyano bloom indicates that one of your water soruces may be problematic......do some tests... Cameron Link to comment
3twenty5 Posted March 26, 2003 Author Share Posted March 26, 2003 Well I have been using the same water from a 5 gallon bucket originally filled + tested fine from a LFS, the test kit I have just has a low,normal, high color for the test chart. Link to comment
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