where do u keep your dkh at?

[TOURKID]

mine was always a steady 8... but my new tank im having a few issues. just dropping really fast. do u keep yours higher than 8?

 

[Hormigaquatica]

I shoot for 11dKH

 

[hollback]

Swing between 9 and about 9.8 Any higher or lower and some corals look great and some look horrible. In this zone everyone seems to be happy IME.

 

[TOURKID]

ok.. im going to start raiseing it slow. that way it wont be in the 7's if it drops on me. Im still using super dkh buffer and turbo calcium. i really need to make the switch. just a lil nervous about understand kalkwasser and getting it right...

 

[AcroSteve]

Between 9 and 10 here.

What is your CA at.

 

[jh2pizza]

I like to keep mine around 11 but is currently slightly higher.

 

[TOURKID]

calcium is always hovering in the 400 zone. never lower then 400 but sometimes 430ish at the highest mag is 1230 (oe 1260.. i forgot what the last test read)

Ive been testing daily since i just did the big move and everything...

 

[RokleM]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9292509#post9292509 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by hollback
Swing between 9 and about 9.8 Any higher or lower and some corals look great and some look horrible. In this zone everyone seems to be happy IME.

Same here.

However, my balance technically is permanently off. My calcium sits at 450 rock solid. That being said, it's where Kent mixes at, I've never really seen issues, nor do I have any problems keeping that balance... errrm incorrect (except when I add my phos material ALK goes down a tad).

 

[TOURKID]

Im still using IO, I know thats where my main issue starts lol

 

[uztaryn]

I also use IO and a controller with a GEO Calcium reactor. I have been working to get mine down. I finally got it down to about 11.

Is 11 ok? Should it be closer to 8 or 9? What do you all set your PH controlled prob to so that it will turn on and off the CO2

 

[TOURKID]

I donno.. 8 has always worked great for me. I would think my coral grows at a 'normal' pace. I have it a 9 today. Ill keep it there and see if it works for me.. 7.7 wasent working for me lol

 

[Sk8r]

I'm told the ocean tends to be 7.9. I keep mine 8.3 or lower. One thing corals don't like is change: my personal theory is their tissues take much longer than fish take to adjust to a water chemistry change.

 

[hollback]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9301895#post9301895 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Sk8r
One thing corals don't like is change...

Exactly! Whatever changes you make, do it gradually over several days.