For a year the tank was in perfect conditions. SPS and LPS were growing. Probably not as in the other tanks, but it was good for me.
Never tested anything, beside PH. It was always 7.8 -8.0 and I was using IQ without any dosing
In January decided to get smarter and started to test alkalinity and calcium.
beginning of the January:
ALC - 6
Calcium 490
Magnesium - not tested
PH 7.8
At the same time switched to Reef Crystals and started to add Part 2 Alc - 60 ml daily for the total of 180G of water. Slowly got Calcium 430 and Alkalinity 10,
wanted to start using Kalkwasser, but PH was going up and 4 weeks ago it was 8.4 during a day and 8.6 at night.
I was able to reduce PH temporary using vinegar (1ml per gallon) and of course alkalinity got down
I swapped my 120G tank for the 150G with 50G of the new water last week, but PH is relatively high.
At 9PM after light are on for 7 hours I have 8.59 (calibrated probe last week)
Finally after 5 months of headache, I am the same position were I started but just with high PH
I know, I should maintain magnesium, but I scare to screw tank completely. Was reading all smart articles from Mr Holmes, but looks like my brain does not accept all this terminology
Please help
Thanks.
On the good side new tanks looks good
