Bacteria Bloom? Update: LPS dying?

Ammonia is at zero
Alk is at 9
pH 8.0

 

I would say your ALk is high, but that is because mine is always around 2.2. ;D

 

Damn. I thought nsw was between 5 to 7 and normal alk for freshly made saltwater is between 8 - 12

 

That's 9 dKh. 9 is good.

 

What types of test kits do you have?

 

I honestly have no idea. I was just going off of my color code card for my Red Sea Test Kit is all. It says normal 1.7 - 2.8 lol. Who says they are right. I need to research it I guess lol. ;D

 

Forgot there are different ways of measuring alkalinity. My measurement is in dKH like stated above. Yours should be a measurement in meq/L. It's also measured in ppm. Idk how the scale works on your kit, but I'm sure the kit will tell you what's the normal range.

 

Awesome point, mine measures in meq/L lol. So I guess my readings would be normal lol. ;D

Edit:

Found a website to convert the different forms of readings: http://www.saltyzoo.com/SaltyCalcs/AlkConv.php

2.2 meq/L = 6.16 dkh = 110 ppm

 

Found this sticky thread just now. http://www.3reef.com/forums/water-chemistry/alk-cal-mag-rec-chart-per-aquarium-type-97415.html It might help you determine if your levels are correct.

 

I have been fighting something like this for probably 2 and a half months. Nothing I did would cure it. It JUST now cleared itself in the last week and a half or so. I finally just ignored the tank for a month and it gradually went away. Cut feeding back and quit w/c and changing carbon. I think it was a bacteria bloom but still don't know what caused it nor how it went away.