Need Help! KH Too High

[successnowhere]

Dear SRC friends, for the past 10 days, I have been adding pH buffer(1 teaspoon daily) to bring up my pH from

7.55 to 7.89, but my instead of wishing to bring up my pH to 8.1, my KH now measure at 16. So what shall I do now?

Can I still continue doseing pH buffer?

My 2 ft tank parameter:

pH 7.89

Temp: 26.8 to 28.6

KH 16

Calcium 440

NO3 20

PO4 0.03

My updated tank pic, showing my fishes and corals aright.

[yikai]

16 is extremely high. please do a water change now. i think i read somewhere before that KH should not hit 16 otherwise the corals can "explode" or something like that.

[uyopong]

Dear SRC friends, for the past 10 days, I have been adding pH buffer(1 teaspoon daily) to bring up my pH from

7.55 to 7.89, but my instead of wishing to bring up my pH to 8.1, my KH now measure at 16. So what shall I do now?

Can I still continue doseing pH buffer?

My 2 ft tank parameter:

pH 7.89

Temp: 26.8 to 28.6

KH 16

Calcium 440

NO3 20

PO4 0.03

My updated tank pic, showing my fishes and corals aright.

wow...2 years ago i made the same mistake...too engross about pH. in the end realise the pH meter not calibrated.

so make sure your meter register 7 in buffer 7 or if you use a pH kit, that its realiable one and not expired.

measure your tank pH during photoperiod i.e a few hour after main light's on.

but if you ask me...i rather spend my time stabilising these 3 parameters KH,calcium and salinity.