? about alk with soft corals

[timi hendrix]

Does Alk play a big roll in a soft coral tank. My alk is about 7. I have mushrooms, xenia, leathers, buttons . Although my mushrooms are not looking too good. leathers and xenia are blasting off. Buttons are doing ok. Thanks

 

[garygonzales]

I have an all softie tank here and I keep my alk between 7-8...works for me ...I dont think softies need to much alk….zoas maybe more but I got them to and there growing like mad….

 

[Scrubber_steve]

Does Alk play a big roll in a soft coral tank. My alk is about 7. I have mushrooms, xenia, leathers, buttons . Although my mushrooms are not looking too good. leathers and xenia are blasting off. Buttons are doing ok. Thanks

I understand that some softies don't need alk at all while others need it to produce spicules, which can give their stems some rigidity for example.

Coralline certainly need alk, & probably some other organisms you may have.

7 dHK is natural sea water value, so you can't go wrong there.