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Matt Rogers · 06-01-2003, 01:10 PM

Pulled the test kit out. I am idiot. THere is an alk test in the Marine Basic. Hehe. Hey I just got this kit!

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I did two tests to make sure.... alk is 2 meq/L .

Looking at the Sea Chem instructions, I found something interesting, it says:

"Natural sea water has a total alkalinity of 2-3 meq/L, but aquarium water should have a total alkalinity of 4-6 meq/L."

pH is still off the scale, high 8's I guess.

06-01-2003, 01:10 PM	#11 (permalink)
Matt Rogers KingFish Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Pt. Richmond, Ca. Age: 38 Posts: 7,484 Blog Entries: 3 Karma: 3385	Re: Lowering pH? Pulled the test kit out. I am idiot. THere is an alk test in the Marine Basic. Hehe. Hey I just got this kit! [smiley=dunce.gif] [smiley=crazy.gif] I did two tests to make sure.... alk is 2 meq/L . Looking at the Sea Chem instructions, I found something interesting, it says: "Natural sea water has a total alkalinity of 2-3 meq/L, but aquarium water should have a total alkalinity of 4-6 meq/L." pH is still off the scale, high 8's I guess. _________ Go slow, let it grow. 3reef shirts here! Help Me with unanwered posts! Promote! Create reef videos and add them to 3reef! Join the 3reef YouTube Group! 20 long (9/04 - 8/06) with DIY Rock, 70 Watt HQI Halide x 2 24 watt T5 actinics, Aqua Medic Turboflotor Multi Skimmer, Tunze Turbelle 7200 powerhead.