Chronic low Alk?

Baking Soda should be fine or a combination of baking soda and soda ash ( washing soda,
NaCO3), at a ratio of 5:1

--
Boomer

Want to talk chemistry ? The Reef Chemistry Forum
http://www.reefcentral.com/vbulletin/index.php

Want to See More ?
Please Join Our Growing Membership
www.coralrealm.com

If You See Me Running You Better Catch-Up
"Pszemol" wrote in message ...
: "Boomer" wrote in message
...
: "I am not sure, but it is to fight higher level of pollution with acids
: normally occurring in our closed systems in our fish tanks.
: I am not able to keep alkalinity high neither and I am also
: fighting with chronic too much algae"
:
: Yes we usually recommend levels of 3.5-4.5 meq / l. If your alk is going down to
things
: are happening. The load is high and using it up and/or corals need it to make CaCO3.
It is
: normal for many systems to have/get a lower Alk for these reasons. Alk will drop much
: faster than Ca on normal conditions in some tanks, as there is much, much, more Ca in
: relation to Alk. In other words if your corals removed all the Alk your system had to
: 0Alk, to make CaCO3, where the Ca was 400 mg/ l , the Ca would only drop to about 375
mg /
: l Ca
:
: Get some Baking Soda to raise the Alk up to 3.5
:
: The thing is in my case I do not have too much corals, no hard ones in a matter of fact,
: but I have heavy load of fish: quite a big tang and three other small fish in 30 g tank.
: How should I keep up with rising alk in my case? Will baking soda work for me?