Raising Kh

[psycho-killer]

hey, my cube is running for 5 months now and all my parameters is 100% corals and fish doing fine....

i tested my KH and saw its at 6 normally saltwater should be 8-12 will raising it have any effect to better my tank in anyway ?

i want to start drip kalkwasser will that have an effect as well on the KH and the overall quality of the tank ??

how do i raise KH ??

thanks guys

 

[johnnyjtaylor]

You can raise your Kh with bicarbonate of soda for a quick fix. If you want to start to drip kalk then that will keep your Kh ,calcium and ph up . I drip 2l a night in my 45g and it keeps the hardness around 10dKh and my calcium around 450ppm, the only thing with kalk is if you have lots of LPS and SPS the kalk can't always keep up the levels and you may need to add other supplements.
Also make sure your magnesium is up around 1300ppm ish or maintaining the others calcium/hardness/ph is near on impossible

Hope that helps

Johnny