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So I have a dkh of about 10 or 11 and I'm at 400 with my calcium I use instant ocean reef crystals is this normal? I have six little frags in a 10 gallon quarantine tank
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Sounds about right on the dkh side of thingsSo I have a dkh of about 10 or 11 and I'm at 400 with my calcium I use instant ocean reef crystals is this normal? I have six little frags in a 10 gallon quarantine tank
O I thought dkh aka alkalinity should be about 8Sounds about right on the dkh side of things
Not with using reef crystals, I use regular instant ocean and that mixes about 9-9.5O I thought dkh aka alkalinity should be about 8
I'm keeping my salinity at this level I'm still kinda worried and the alk being this high. My calcium is at 400 so kinda interesting calcium is being used but alk is taking a back seat. I just put these frags in a couple days ago. And set the tank up a day prior to putting the frags inAt a specific gravity of 1.026 the Reef Crystals bucket claims 450 on Ca and 1350 on Mg. DKH would be about 12. I use it and when I measure it, I get close to that.
I could only hope my system looks like this someday haha. Looks great!In my experience it’s more important to keep the alkalinity stable than worrying about if it’s too high. As long as you have some nitrates and phosphates available it shouldn’t be a problem. My system has been pretty stable at 9.6 dKh for the last 6-7 months. It’s 10ppm NO3 and 0.5ppm Phosphate at the moment. (I’m working on bringing down the PO4). Picture from yesterday
Im always amazed when I read that people keep corals alive at high alkalinity. In any of my tanks, if the alk drifts above 8, SPS starts dying. Funny how different tanks can be.
My calcium is at 400 so kinda interesting calcium is being used but alk is taking a back seat. I just put these frags in a couple days ago. And set the tank up a day prior to putting the frags in
Yeah, Im familiar with the lore on this point but cant achieve NO3 above 2 in any tanks no matter what I do. So instead I keep alkalinity at NSW levelsMost likely, that is because there is not enough nutrition to support the faster skeletal growth than can happen at higher alkalinity.