Bumped alk. to 4.2, seeing better results

Perhaps it's a little placebo, but it seems like I'm getting much more accelerated growth after bumping my alk. up from roughly 3.5 to 4.2 three weeks ago. I wasn't getting very much growth at all until I did so and now it's quite noticeable. It will be interesting to see what happens over the next few months.

Thoughts.

 

Not surprising since you have provided more material to work with.

 

Yeah, I always kept it in the 3-3.5 range as that seemed to be what most people recommended, but after doing a bit of reading, I decided to try a higher concentration of alk. I like the results thus far.

 

Just be prepared for additional CaCO3 build up on your tank and equipment.

 

Don't bring that negative in here 2in10! ;D

 

LOL, from experience you need to know. ;D