KH only at 7!!

dustintx

Member
Readings as follows
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0
PH 7.8
SG 1.020
KH 7
Is 7 ok or should I raise it and how? Should I raise my SG and PH? I use rodi water and instant ocean salt. Any suggestions? Also,I don't have any corals,just 2 ocellaris,1 chrommis,some asters snails,blue legged crabs and 2 peppermint shrimp. All this in a 20 gallon tank.
 

bang guy

Moderator
Use saltwater to topoff until your S.G. is where you want it.
What's the Calcium level? Most likely a tsp of baking soda dissolved into you topoff water once in a while is all you need but you want to keep in balance with Calcium. Don't do satlwater topoff & baking soda at the same time. Raise your S.G. first and then see if you need any further action.
A large water change would probaly also balance it out but you don't want to raise S.G. to quickly or it could hurt your Snails & Shrimp.
 
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