Quote Originally Posted by seahorsedreams View Post
Could you break down the process you believe got you from point "A" to "B" on this one?
Well, prior to sending the alkalinity to 30+, the tank was just about finished with its cycle and everything was going smoothly. Then after I did the alkalinity spike (I miss read my test kit and kept watching for a "change" to happen that never would......), I had to change 90% of the water and as such required the use of water from a "fill your own bottles" RO station. My guess is the water was not as clean as it should have been because once this water change was done, over the next two weeks algae started to show up and has since grown like wild.

The other possibility is because of this water change, I could have had a die off in the tank (bacteria and such). At the same time, I had to start feeding my fish more (because they were in bad shape from the alkalinity spike) and this increased the bio load.

I'm sure it was not ONE thing but rather a number of small things adding up.