Peter Eichler
New member
1.) Salifert Alkalinty have been pretty faulty lately and have been reading quite high. Unles you've been adding a lot of buffer lately I doubt your dKH really is above 13.
2.) Even if it as high as the Salifert test says there is absolutely nothing wrong with having dKH at that level. It's actually better than the people that teeter on the brink with levels closer to natural seawater. Alo, keep in mind that there was a time in this hobby that people maintained their dKH as high 18.
3.) The lady at the fish store was right about one thing. Having a PH of 8.5 is a good thing in home aquaria IMO. In an ideal world we would all be able to maintain our tanks around 8.2 all the time. However our tanks are going to fluctuate and I think it's better to be on the high end of the range than it is to be on the low end.
4.) Topping off with a few gallons of tap water would never be enough to elevate dKH much.
5.) Even if his dKH is that high is does not mean his calcium is low, and simply adding calcium is not necessarily going to lower his dKH.
2.) Even if it as high as the Salifert test says there is absolutely nothing wrong with having dKH at that level. It's actually better than the people that teeter on the brink with levels closer to natural seawater. Alo, keep in mind that there was a time in this hobby that people maintained their dKH as high 18.
3.) The lady at the fish store was right about one thing. Having a PH of 8.5 is a good thing in home aquaria IMO. In an ideal world we would all be able to maintain our tanks around 8.2 all the time. However our tanks are going to fluctuate and I think it's better to be on the high end of the range than it is to be on the low end.
4.) Topping off with a few gallons of tap water would never be enough to elevate dKH much.
5.) Even if his dKH is that high is does not mean his calcium is low, and simply adding calcium is not necessarily going to lower his dKH.
