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    is this good for a reef?

    My reef is coming tomorrow and I've never owned one. even though i work with them, i don't know the ideal parameters. is this good?

    8.2 ph

    10 dkh

    460 ppm calcium

    0.8 ppm iodine

    12 ppm stronium

    1.022 specific gravity

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    Since no one has responded I will chime in.

    Everything seems good except the Specif Gravity of 1.022. I would aim for 1.025, however, let others chime in as well.

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    IMO bump up gravity to 1.025 everything elts looks good to me.
    Last edited by Reefpestsolutions; 07-09-2012 at 05:10 PM.

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    everything else? How about your trates, trites, Po4?

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    dkh is a bit high try for 9. calcium is ok at 460 do not exceed 500 iodine and stronium look good but for a reef tank I run .025 .026 on the salinity.... most importantly check your phosphate do your absolute best to keep it under .15

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    as stated above everything looks good except the gravity is low

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    ok thank everyone, pictures of my whole tank tomorrow

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    I agree with most of the above posters. bring your Salinity up a bit. also, if you are running something like biopellets or vodka dosing, you should lower the Dkh a bit as it *may lead to burnt tips on your acros. mine is at 8.5 Dkh with 440 ca running EcoBak.
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