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karazy
10-21-2009, 09:57 PM
okay, so here's the problem,
i accidentally used too much PH buffer :redface:
and now my KH has shot up to 22.
my question is, how do i lower it down to regular parameters?
oh, and no i dont have any livestock in the tank (thank god)

Delphinus
10-21-2009, 10:47 PM
Water changes..

Ordinarily with an elevated alkalinity I'd say just dose Ca for a while and it will come down anyhow (well, maybe with 22, I'd still say water changes, that's a high reading!!). But since you don't have any livestock, you don't have anything that's consuming that Alk and Ca, so in this case, just go with the water changes.

Myka
10-21-2009, 11:08 PM
Do a 50% water change and it will prob come down to 16 or so which won't cause any harm.