Danny, Ive be getting my water parameters back in check. I plan to test tonight, will post my results. As for alk, I think I have been getting that back up and stable with aggressive water changes. I am getting back to my scheduled routine and will be able to start dosing sodium bicarbonate again. Last I checked, my calcium was high, I think this was the aggressive water changes. (Kent Marine salt seems to be on the higher side). Dosing kalk wont be necessary right now but maybe in the future, at that time I'll ask for some advice.
It's damn near impossible to get a good shot of this given the location, but my mini maxi isn't so mini, more like maxi.