Water chemistry problem!

So i switched salt and did my bi-weekly water change of 20% and i tested my water parameters after 2 days, and i have a whooping low dKH of 5 and my calcium is through the roof at 700!! ph is at 7.8.. if i want to bring my dKH back up and bring up my PH as well, if i want to go with the baked baking soda method, does anyone have any experience with that?

ammonia 0
nitrate 0
nitrite 0
75G tank

 

wow nobody?

 

are you dosing any other chemicals or 2 part

 

do u add a buffer if not a buffer would be the way to go me i dont use baking soda i bought kents superbuffer

 

do it over a couple of days mix 1,1/2tsp at a time in a cup of ro water and add to a high flow area of the tank/sump measure the next day and continue until levels balence out

 

I use AquaVitro Balance (AquaVitro is Seachem's Premium line) which works great at raising PH but it wont raise your alk.

 

What's your magnesium?

 

i'm gonna bet your magnesium is way out of wack too.

get a kit and test the magnesium, having the correct levels will stabalize both your PH and Calcium levels, but you need to know where its at so recommendations can be made.

 

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m hsiao
check out the attached calculator, and if making changes, follow the amounts and time as suggested , dont try to make changes faster than suggested

I would get the test result checked though as many a person has made adjustments to their water chemistry based on a flawed test kit

Steve

 

Doublecheck your salinity too, especially after the water changes, maybe something wasn't quite what you thought it was. Also, no need to wait 2 days to test, I test within an hour of my water changes and make adjustments if I need to after that.