brcolli2 March 8, 2014 Share March 8, 2014 I turned my dosing pump on this morning, and forgot to turn it off. My alkalinity rose from around 9 to 14.4. Is there anything I can/should do? Or is it best just to wait it out and let the alkalinity lower on its own? Thanks. As of now nothing in the tank appears affected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ridetheducati March 8, 2014 Share March 8, 2014 Water changes or let it drop naturally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seantadez March 8, 2014 Share March 8, 2014 Water change. It happened to me before and I was able to save everything doing a water change SEANTADEZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami March 8, 2014 Share March 8, 2014 What's the pH in the tank? This would be the biggest concern. If over 8.6, try bringing the level down slowly with a little soda water (aka club soda, not tonic water). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brcolli2 March 8, 2014 Author Share March 8, 2014 The pH was at 8.65 a little while ago, but has dropped to 8.60 currently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami March 8, 2014 Share March 8, 2014 That's getting up there, but it's not horribly unreasonable if everything is looking stable. The high alk can bother some SPS, so if you could do a water change, it might help. Otherwise, just watch it closely and things will settle out. It goes without saying that you need to stop dosing alkalinity (but continue your calcium dosing) until the alk falls back into line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOSKN5 March 8, 2014 Share March 8, 2014 Happened to me too once... it will fall naturally and rather quickly too... I didn't lose anything at all but everything was covered in white powder for a while.. Sent from my XT907 using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.x-ray March 8, 2014 Share March 8, 2014 Happened to me too once... it will fall naturally and rather quickly too... I didn't lose anything at all but everything was covered in white powder for a while.. Sent from my XT907 using Tapatalk 2 That looks like a Kalk overdose not an Alk. Either way the pH is on the high side but if it's settling down, I would say caulk it up as a lesson learned. Let the Alk come down also. pH will probably drop over night too. This is why my Alk and ATO dosers are set up on the Apex with this final code after the dose times. "If pH >8.30 then off". If you do not have a controller get some digital timers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmerek2 March 8, 2014 Share March 8, 2014 I had an Alk overdose once. I think it killed my emerald but that was it. Inverts are more sensitive than the fish. It came down naturally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brcolli2 March 8, 2014 Author Share March 8, 2014 Update. Woke up this morning and my alk was at 12.8. Did a 20 gallon water change, and now it is at 11.6 with a pH of 8.40. Hopefully everything will be okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sen5241b March 9, 2014 Share March 9, 2014 I know someone who had a kallk overdose in a 260. She did a 50% water change and all parms were back to normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOSKN5 March 10, 2014 Share March 10, 2014 That looks like a Kalk overdose not an Alk. Nope... half a bottle of reef fusion ALK.. scared me pretty bad haha... Sent from my XT907 using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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