Alk?

[allsps40]

Where do you keep you alk? I am going for super stable alk and ca. Doing this with a kalk ATO. I am going to try to keep my ca at 420-440 and want to keep my alk as stable as possible. I was thinking 10dkh which is where I have it at now.

 

[reeferlover]

is that the only thing you use for dosing?

 

[nano427]

aren't you dosing vodka? i think when dosing vodka you want to keep the alk a bit lower so you don't burn sps tips. i read somewhere to keep it around 8 dkh

 

[allsps40]

reeferlover yeah that all I dose for now. I have liquid ca and buffer for increasing each one by its self.
nano427 I stopped dosing vodka about a month ago now. Did not really do to much for me.

 

[prodman]

7-7.5 DKH is where I like mine.

 

[mnchartier]

7-7.5 DKH is where I like mine.

+1 on this and my Cal is 410-420

 

[Ricardo Santos]

where is the button to 7dKH?

 

[iap]

^ 7

 

[mike_cmu04]

I keep mine between 8 and 9

 

[allsps40]

Isnt 7 on the low side? My sps brown a bit when my alk gets that low.

 

[frctlimg]

I try to keep mine between 7-7.5. All colors are fine.

 

[cshutchinson]

i try to keep mine between 7-7.5. All colors are fine.

+1

 

[twelvejewelz]

aren't you dosing vodka? i think when dosing vodka you want to keep the alk a bit lower so you don't burn sps tips. i read somewhere to keep it around 8 dkh

I keep mine around 9 for this reason. I had to change from reefcrystals to seachem reef salt because it was mixing up around 13 and burning my tips. In randy holmes-farleys article its states that the typical surface water in the ocean is around 7 dKH but suggests we keep our tanks anywhere from 7-11. This all depends on what we are doing though as far as supplements additives or what we want to achieve i believe.

 

[allsps40]

^ Yep my last 2 buckets have had alk at 13-14.

 

[dixiedog]

10 here

 

[IndyReefMan]

7.0-7.25