Melonbob
Reef enthusiast
I am in the process of cycling my frag tank, I went bare bottom with about 25lbs of rock to start, and added water about two weeks ago. Anyways, I figured I'd do my tests today, Amm, trites, and trates all zero. PH is very low, less than 7.5, my calcium is low at about 300, and my alk is high at about 11 dKH. I have reef builder to up the ph, but that will also raise my alk, which is already too high. Should I try to up my calcium first, in hopes it will bring my alk down, then dose the reef builder to up my PH? Also, why would these numbers be like this, the water is only two weeks old, and there is no life in it.
Finally, can I just dose the crap out of it right away, as there is no life in there, or will is kill off anything started up on the rock? Thanks gang
Finally, can I just dose the crap out of it right away, as there is no life in there, or will is kill off anything started up on the rock? Thanks gang