Embarrassed given my Avatar name that I don't believe I've been cultivating my zoa dominated tank like I should.
Things are average but not great with my zoas
The one area I've just let my salt do the work is with bicarbonates.
Last time I've checked my dKH was around 7.
Just now learning from other posts that ppl that have zoas growing like crazy have Alk more like 10-11 dKH
Again my 6ft 180 is 95% zoas/palys, so willing to keep a high 11dKH tank bc I don't have any SPS or Acros at all
QUESTIONS
1) Is it true that zoas grow more in 10/11dKH than in 7?
2) my pH is normally high with a bottom of 8.1 and a peak of 8.35 during high light. What does that tell me about my bicarbonates/Alkalinity?
3) with me having around 220ish gal water volume, if I were to dose bicarbonate to get up to the 10/11dKH range, what's the best method? Kalk? 2part? Baking soda? BRS Sodium Bicarbonates?
Plz help
Things are average but not great with my zoas
The one area I've just let my salt do the work is with bicarbonates.
Last time I've checked my dKH was around 7.
Just now learning from other posts that ppl that have zoas growing like crazy have Alk more like 10-11 dKH
Again my 6ft 180 is 95% zoas/palys, so willing to keep a high 11dKH tank bc I don't have any SPS or Acros at all
QUESTIONS
1) Is it true that zoas grow more in 10/11dKH than in 7?
2) my pH is normally high with a bottom of 8.1 and a peak of 8.35 during high light. What does that tell me about my bicarbonates/Alkalinity?
3) with me having around 220ish gal water volume, if I were to dose bicarbonate to get up to the 10/11dKH range, what's the best method? Kalk? 2part? Baking soda? BRS Sodium Bicarbonates?
Plz help
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