New tank high alkalinity

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by Basile

Some say it could be my salt as well it instant ocean, i'll do my calcium test and the other test as well.

I wanted to ask whether you are using IO but didn't want a rage so didn't ask IO is known for variability and its not very ULNS friendly. But its still a good salt....well all salts are good, you just have to find out which one suits your need

[Basile]

Thanks guys, from friends and many sources we came to the conclusion it has to be my rocks, the dry rocks have to leach their chemicals, and they do usually in the 2 months we give are tanks to cycle. I used a product to cycle my tank in 24 hours so the leaching is normal and the process wil occur while i have my critters in. No biggy but important that i do my water changes to eliminate those mood swings from the tank lol. The tank is evolving as its should. I'm just a bit too ahead for it lol.

[Basile]

Ok well this tank sure has its mood swings; my fresh sw has a 12.1 KH , and this afternoon i took another reading because my stool was out and fully extended, reading 11.5 KH so the tank is making adjustment by itself, and the fact that my skimmers is taking out stuff might have something to do with it, someone mentioned the breakdown of of nutrients who knows, i might of caught a spike in the process. very interesting anyway thank you all..