SPS in my tank?

[goober35]

My tank has been up and running for 6months. My equipment is below in my sig. Do you think my tank can handle SPS's and if not what would i need to handle them. I don't do the buy and see method.

ammo 0ppm
No3 0ppm
No4 0ppm
PH 8.1
phosphates undetectable
Cal 440
MG 1450
Alk 10

 

[philipchan]

lol....u should be good to go

 

[philipchan]

btw, why the PH kind of low? using CA reactor ?

 

[stevejrnc]

man you been waiting 6 months to add sps
you are a very strong willed
i wouldn't have made it past 60 days before i went crazy from the itch

 

[goober35]

Damn wow i was worried i did not have enuff lighting or flow or god knows. I have been wondering about the ph and how i can up it. I am 2 part dosing and i dont think running Kalk would be a smart idea with it. Any thoughts on how to keep it up(mind out of the gutter). It has always been at 8.0 to 8.1 no matter what i have done.

What are some good starting sps's to look into.

 

[Lazylivin]

Your PH looks great to me.

 

[divewsharks]

your PH is nothing to worry about, long as it stable. You are dosing already? Are you using recipe 1 or 2?

 

[goober35]

I'm using recipe 1

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[NYCBOB]

i say give it a shot.

 

[goober35]

Other than birds nests what else is a good start out sps?

 

[markie mark]

montie caps and digi's they say are good gateway sps,but they all require the same care to me...i agree on the other reply,i run kalk and cal reactor and my ph stays around 8.4 but keeping everything stable is the best way to go....

 

[goober35]

So I dont need to be to worried about 8.1 as long as it does not swing up and down.

 

[Dustin1300]

So I dont need to be to worried about 8.1 as long as it does not swing up and down.

Pretty much. Could be a couple tenths up but is okay

In regards to your comment about dosing kalk, you can also do this but could use a little less on the dosing of the alk part and same calcium but the kalk would keep the PH up.