ganito po kasi yun... the tank was established in january without my test kits yet. i was using a dipstick (urinalysis) tester and its giving me low result for ph... the next thing i did was dosing inconsiderable amounts of NaHCO3. when i first bought API's saltwater test kit my pH was 8.8! no reef test kits yet so i did not know how much my calcium was in my system. i did my water change using biomix since i was only cycling then (though bought too many bags
). then i started adding the LS. some have survived, some did not. then... since i was using biomix and thinking about its reputation (the negatives, etc.), and also wanting to add corals, i started purchasing API's reef master test kit. then i discovered my calcium is very low (140ppm) i tested again and again, followed their instructions, then the same result still appears. i bought yesterday (2H2O)+CaCl2 (Calcium Chloride Dihydrate) and followed the dosing (via Reef Chemistry Calculator CF ©
http://reef.diesyst.com/cf/chemcalccf.html). tinimpla ko po sa 1 bucket of RO/DI H2O and introduced 1/4 of it into my tank. the coral (goniopora) seemed shocked so am still observing and cut off the dosing first. though my Ca went up na and now it's 220ppm. haven't tested the KH yet (very busy kasi).
the reason why my KH was high is it was already supplemented before but the calcium stayed lower than expected, so no KH was used since the calcium was very low. i'll test the water again tomorrow. am still using biomix/ (though i used marina mix/ saw seachem saltmix but haven't tried yet/ and NSW minsan), i tried contacting someone here because i wanted to purchase the IO saltmix that he's selling but never replied any of my messages. biomix is okay naman (as per my experience, and i love getting busy with it and improving my skills in reefkeeping
)
thanks for the replies... I appreciate it...
uhm... PS: by next year i'll be leaving na (somewhere i don't know pa)... uhm pa adopt po ha.. hehehe...