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    Posted: April 12 2009 at 9:29am
im just curious if this is going to shock everything, or if I'll be ok... or what I can do, I just switched out my 75gallon tank to a 150, filled the new one with new salt/water 1.025   Oceanic...... I didn't dose anything.... but now my  DKH is reading 16+ 5.71+ Meq/L 
 
the ph is 8.2
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just the alk is through the roof 
 
 
 


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Need Advice quick =)
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I've had mine that high and it did not damage...wait it out and breath easy. 
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well the livestock is still in a rubbermaid  I'm just wondering if I need to aclimate them over or if I could just toss them in?  all levels match up between the two besides KH/Alkalinity
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Are you sure you are reading the test right? It would be very difficult to achieve 16+ in a large system. To answer your question I think it would shock and kill stony corals.
 
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I would acclimate due to the alk difference.
 
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Yeah I ever re tested 3 times.... to be honest I had a hard time keeping alk over 7.0 on the 75.... but yeah im not sure why it shot so high up.... maybe it could be that there is still a bit of dust floating from the sand? or would that even make a difference
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Also my magnesium reads around 1350 and calcium around 475.... if that matters =) and the water is still just a little dusty from when I added the sand... could that affect readings at all?
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Yes that can matter a lot. I MG is low then Alk/CA will not be stable. Your MG is perfect. With CA that high I doubt your Alk is also that high.
 
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oh when I said "could that affect the readings at all" I was meaning just the dust =P
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I can almost be certain your alk isn't 16. Not with Ca and Mg in those ranges. My guess is a bad test kit. What brand of test kit? I heard Salifert brand is having some major issues lately. I was about to buy some Salifert but when I read how bad they are right now I backed off. Gonna get some Elos test kits instead.
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