So...here's what I have...looking for some advise....
75 Gallon mixed reef..mostly softies and LPS.
Salt mix has been Oceanic...just finished raising it from 1.019 to 1.025 over the course of 14 days or so. Been adding plain RO/Di water for 4 days now.
PH fluctuates between 7.77 and 8.1 as measured by an APEX calibrated probe.
Temp is between 77 and 80 degrees over the course of the day.
Calcium has been over 500 for the past week or so...I think this is due to adding fresh saltwater instead of RO water to increase my low salinity. I test the calcium with a Salifert test.
Alk has been as low as 6.7 on 4/17 and as high as 7.7 on 4/20...it's 7.5 today.
Mag is around 1320...tested on 4/17 as well.
I think my PH is a bit low, from what I read, I want it around 8.2 or so...and ALK is a bit low as well...target around 9 or so for that...right? I'm thinking, because my PH is a bit low and my ALK is a bit low...my calcium is not getting used up as much by the coral. Is this correct?
I have BRS's two part...but I surely don't want to dose any Calcium, seeing it's somewhere over 500. I think the correct thing to do would be dose some ALK (bought recipe 1) to get it around 9 and watch what the PH does.
Opinions / thoughts / suggestions would be much appreciated!!
Thanks,
Eric
75 Gallon mixed reef..mostly softies and LPS.
Salt mix has been Oceanic...just finished raising it from 1.019 to 1.025 over the course of 14 days or so. Been adding plain RO/Di water for 4 days now.
PH fluctuates between 7.77 and 8.1 as measured by an APEX calibrated probe.
Temp is between 77 and 80 degrees over the course of the day.
Calcium has been over 500 for the past week or so...I think this is due to adding fresh saltwater instead of RO water to increase my low salinity. I test the calcium with a Salifert test.
Alk has been as low as 6.7 on 4/17 and as high as 7.7 on 4/20...it's 7.5 today.
Mag is around 1320...tested on 4/17 as well.
I think my PH is a bit low, from what I read, I want it around 8.2 or so...and ALK is a bit low as well...target around 9 or so for that...right? I'm thinking, because my PH is a bit low and my ALK is a bit low...my calcium is not getting used up as much by the coral. Is this correct?
I have BRS's two part...but I surely don't want to dose any Calcium, seeing it's somewhere over 500. I think the correct thing to do would be dose some ALK (bought recipe 1) to get it around 9 and watch what the PH does.
Opinions / thoughts / suggestions would be much appreciated!!
Thanks,
Eric