Hello,
Long story long. I have a 4 month old 310 gallon tank. I have 9 coral in and everything is looking healthy. What I don’t understand is what is going on with my chemistry. My current parameters are
Salt-1.026
Ph 8
Alk- 13.2! ( Hannah and salifert titration test)
Calcium- 320
Phosphate- .04
Nitrates- 6
I know that calcium and alk are tied together at having a alk of 13 means I should have a calcium level around 480-500 but am not sure if bringing calcium up is the right call or alk down. The alk is high do to me being new to dosing and over saturating my top off with reef builder alkalinity. I dumped out what was left in the top off and re filled with just RO. Alk levels have been this high for a little more than 2 weeks hence me wanting to get involved. Corals look happy and may be just chasing numbers a bit but from the research I have done the balance is way off for their relationship.
Long story long. I have a 4 month old 310 gallon tank. I have 9 coral in and everything is looking healthy. What I don’t understand is what is going on with my chemistry. My current parameters are
Salt-1.026
Ph 8
Alk- 13.2! ( Hannah and salifert titration test)
Calcium- 320
Phosphate- .04
Nitrates- 6
I know that calcium and alk are tied together at having a alk of 13 means I should have a calcium level around 480-500 but am not sure if bringing calcium up is the right call or alk down. The alk is high do to me being new to dosing and over saturating my top off with reef builder alkalinity. I dumped out what was left in the top off and re filled with just RO. Alk levels have been this high for a little more than 2 weeks hence me wanting to get involved. Corals look happy and may be just chasing numbers a bit but from the research I have done the balance is way off for their relationship.