Red Sea Alkalinity kit.

rmoore89

rmoore89

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I just purchased a read sea alkalinity test kit, and followed instructions one at a time, and after following I can not get the end color and have gone through almost 2ml of the solvent. My water keeps turning orange in the test tube, and "pink" is the "Do it again" color. I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or if my waters alkalinity is just that bad =. Any help would be appreciated, thank you in advance.
 
meowzer

meowzer

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I am not a fan of Red Sea kits for that reason....among others :(
When it changes to the orange use that #, and when you can get yourself a salifert kit
 
J

jstdv8

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my red sea alk kit just drops 5 drops of solution into 10 ml of water I don't have an orange do it again, i don't think.
that being said i don't like how its in meq and mine always shows high although the top is like 3.6 meq to 6, I have no idea what mine actually is. stupid test.
 
rmoore89

rmoore89

Member
So my PH looks to be about 8.5... and my Alkalinity is what seems to be 4.0 or higher >.> So now my next question... how to lower the alkalinity?
 
J

jstdv8

Guest
if your alk is 4.0 you are good that's 11.2 dKH, better bring the Ph down though, that's a bit high
 
rmoore89

rmoore89

Member
Hmm.. well, if I'm good then now I'm back to the problem of my leather coral dieing... or shedding, meow says it might be shedding. Calcium is about 450ppm, if alk 4.0 = 11.2dKH I'm ok there.. selenity is 1.025 nitrates are about .3mg/L
 
meowzer

meowzer

Moderator
How often do you do water changes? What salt do you use? have you tested your phosphates?
what media do you use for filtration?
 
rmoore89

rmoore89

Member
First water change on this tank is today, got some brown algae blooming atm, I don't have a phosphate tester and I use chemipure for filtermedia. I use instant ocean salt
 
meowzer

meowzer

Moderator
put a phosphate kit on your list.....and if you can get a salifert one
Just how old is this tank?
 
rmoore89

rmoore89

Member
The tank was a 30g tank about 2 weeks ago, it was the one that was turning 100% green. I moved all my LR and Livestock into this 20gallon, and it has been up and running about a week now. All I did was change tanks and water, figured it wouldn't have to cycle since everything was just from the other tank? Phosphate kit? Just a tester? If so I'll pick one up when I go out later.
 
rmoore89

rmoore89

Member
N02 = <.3mg/l Trites and ammonia will need to be tested tomorrow. Going to buy a phosphate kit, and ammonia I need to find my sheet that tells me what is good / bad. =P As of right now, I have to get some sleep for work in the AM will post tomorrow with phosphate and ammonia findings! =] Thank you mucho Meow ^^
 
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