Alk is low..

[silly34]

My calcium is high about 550 (was around 700) but it has been slowly coming down. My alk has usually been about 2.0 - 2.5 but recently I tested it and it was 1.5. What can I do to raise it back up??

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[Anonymous]

Add 1/2 tsp of Baking soda for every 50 gallons of water in your system every day until you're at the desired level.

 

[silly34]

I thought about baking soda but didn't want to risk it until someone here confirmed for me, thanks!!

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[MartinE]

As calcium raises it tends to drop your alk. so if you let your calcium drop to the 400's it should get your alk. back within range. If your dosing cal. ?just let up so it can fall. Hope this helps with your ques.

 

[Anonymous]

Let me guess - Oceanic Salt?
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[silly34]

I had been using Oceanic but switched a while back to IO. Mainly because I read where people were having good results with Coraline alg.

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