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05-31-2005, 09:54 PM
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| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Denver, CO,Colorado
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 |  How do I lower Kh and Alkalinity
My Kh and Alkalinity are both a bit high. My Ph is good at about 8.2 and my calcium was fine too. Anyone know of a way to lower those values? Does this mean another water change?
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55 gal glass tank, 2 power heads, wet/dry filter, protein skimmer, 50 lbs live rock, pair of tomato clowns, 1 royal gramma, 1 coral beauty angel, 1 six line wrasse, 1 peppermint shrimp, 1 skunk cleaner shrimp, 12 assorted snails (astrea/turbo), 15 assorted hermit crabs, green bubble tip anemone, red mushrooms, yellow polyps, 1 green leather, green star polyps, yellow toadstool | 
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06-01-2005, 11:21 AM
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| | Whip-Lash Squid
Join Date: May 2004 Location: PhillySuburbs, Pennsylvania Age: 42
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| Re: How do I lower Kh and Alkalinity
What are you calling high? What are your readings...alk, kH, pH and calcium...  _________  I Love My Sig By John Hawkins!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date Started 9/04 58 gallon Oceanic Tank, 20 gal DIY sump/fuge w/ Kent Marine Auto top-off, Air Water Ice RO/DI, 10,000 K 175 W MH, 2 VHO 03's 96W each, AquaC EV 120 Skimmer
80 lbs LR, DSB in FUGE, 1 - 2 " LS in tank
Black Brittle Star, Chevron Tang, Crocea Clam, red & green Lobophyllia, Frogspawn, Porites Frag, Caulastrea Frag, Green Ricordia, Asst. Zoas, hermits, astreas, stomatellas, fighting conch  | |
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06-01-2005, 06:30 PM
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| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Denver, CO,Colorado
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| Re: How do I lower Kh and Alkalinity
Birdlady, Here are my numbers:
SG = 1.025
KH = 10.4 (High)
Alk = 3.71 (High)
Calcium = 455 (Little High I guess) | |
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06-01-2005, 07:06 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: St. Paul/Woodbury, Minnesota Age: 49
Posts: 1,181
| Re: How do I lower Kh and Alkalinity
Karma to Fletch for the great link! Hey Bond, I keep my alk higher than that,
I don't think its too high! You also have to take into account that all these test kits have a fairly wide margin of error (IMHO) depending on the test kit. _________ 75g reef with Nova Extreme 8 bulb HO T-5 lighting, refuge, Remora skimmer, DSB, Seio powerheads, Acro's, LPS corals, assorted zoo's & mushrooms, Yellow Tang, Maroon Clown, Blue Cleaner Goby , Cleaner, Fire and Sexy Shrimp, Coco Worm, T.Crocea Clam, Derasa Clam
120g FOWLR, 260w Orbit power compact lights, Remora Pro skimmer, 30g DIY Sump/Refuge, DSB,Seio Power heads, Powder Blue Tang, Purple Tang, Flag Fin Angel, False Eye Puffer, Copperbanded Butterfly and a Moorish Idol 
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06-01-2005, 07:23 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Overland Park, Kansas
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| Re: How do I lower Kh and Alkalinity
I agree with Raven, those numbers are good! Don't change a thing. _________ -Mickey 175g Bowfront - 75g Refugium - 100g Sump - 3 Phoenix 14k 250W MH - AquaC EV240 Skimmer - 240lbs Haitian Live Rock - 4" DSB - Red Velvet Fairy Wrasse - Azure Damsel - Banggia Cardinal - Firefish Goby - Blackcap Basslet - Purple Tang - Powder Brown Tang - Regal Tang - Green Manderin - 2 Skunk Cleaner Shrimp - 2 Peppermint Shrimp - 2 Emerald Crabs - Rose BTA - Orange Linkia - Tuxedo Urchin - Spiney Urchin (hitchhiker)
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06-01-2005, 07:36 PM
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| | Whip-Lash Squid
Join Date: May 2004 Location: PhillySuburbs, Pennsylvania Age: 42
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| Re: How do I lower Kh and Alkalinity
Those numbers are just fine!!! | |
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