So my local lfs runs blue bucket coral salt while I run pro salt. How would I go about adjusting the Alk of a 9 to a alk tank of a 11?
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Mine. I prefer higher but I really dont want to switch back to kents marines with salt around 550. coral pro gives me results I like. What happens if I keep it at 11 and get acrosfor acros you need to bring your tank alk down to 8. Do partial water charges with lower alk water until it gets to that lower point. Acros will not do well at all at 11. I’m confused though about your question. who’s tank is at 11? yours or theirs? anyways, if yours is at 7-8 then just float it for temp in the bag and slowly mix your tank water into the bag water for an hour and then put it a spot with similar intensity light as what it was getting.
13.5@GHOSTLY Rule #1 dont do what other people do find the method that works for u u cant go off of what other people are doing no two tanks have the same uptake...
This will be a downhill battle until you figure out the tanks daily nutrient consumption
Then you have to ask yourself am I dosing to replace what I lost
Is it detrimental to coral health to replace 35% water volume every 2 days
Am I replenishing my trace minerals onto pof keeping alk cal and mag stable
May I ask you the size of your system?
What's your current daily nutrient uptake?
What method of dosing are u currently using?
Are you using aminos?
What is your stock level like
How much rodi is getting topped off daily into the system?
How much flow(52x watervolume turnover rate for acro dom but u want it controlable)
How pure is your rodi base water before you add salt?
Yes it all depend softcorals shouldnt really need acclimated with the exception of some zoa species an ricordea Florida and yumas as most can handle stress pretty well but you will wanna test the salinty the alk cal and mag usually most people that keep coral on a commercial scale keep their params at Salinity: 1.025Honestly do you really need to worry? I haven’t heard anyone tell me you need to acclimate your corals from the store’s water parameters to your tanks like you have to acclimate fish, I’ve only heard of dipping your corals but that is mainly to get rid of pests.
If your waters the same params as lfs(mine is close enough) you dont really have to acclimate but always test salinity alk cal and mag just to make sure especially with demanding sensitive spsHonestly do you really need to worry? I haven’t heard anyone tell me you need to acclimate your corals from the store’s water parameters to your tanks like you have to acclimate fish, I’ve only heard of dipping your corals but that is mainly to get rid of pests
I would work on slowly getting the alk down to the 7-8 range 8.2 to 8.4 is were I run mine,I would try to do this over a month not overnight13.5
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Calcium bottles
Yes 4 ml each week
4 fish 1 getting rid of
Around 2 shot glasses
Upgraded stock pump along with 25g powerhead
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Firstly Im not looking For SPS dominate I'm looking for a clean, even mixed reef with a bit of everything. LPS, SPS, Softies, NPS. I already try to scrub and suck up any dirty spots and Im getting lots of coralline. My tank started Cycling in December so 7 monthsI would work on slowly getting the alk down to the 7-8 range 8.2 to 8.4 is were I run mine,I would try to do this over a month not overnight
How long has your system been up and running?
Do you have a substrate?(if so I would reccomend removing it and going bare bottom or with crushed agronite or gravel,as there will be no sand moving,no chance to trap detritus and no anaerobic spots you can focus on optimum flow)
Have you battled algae yet, is their coraline in your tank(most people say wait 8 month to a year as this gives time for the coraline to engulf the tank if you had a tank with a bunch of acro and it was getting x now x is getting up taken by calcerous algae it can throw the chemistry off and your acros can die,stn rtn or dull out over the change and nutrients not being available in contrast creating inconsistent chemistry(rapid influx which in turn is a environmental stress in correlation to full scale algae bloom calcerous or non calcerous)certain algaes can also take up nitrates and phosphate which in turn can raise or lower alkalinity depending on the species(turf can raise alk a point or two when in full bloom as its consuming nitrogen rapidly)
Do you have a sump and a skimmer?(you will definitely want a good skimmer and a nice amount of fish,and the extra water volume to add stability and not dose directly to the tank you'll also wanna invest in a float valve and tie it into the sump or an ato system to keep the water stable
You're also gonna want return pump with a flow rate of 5 to 7 x 13.5(so 95 to 100gph return pump) then a controllable 600gph of flow whether in power heads or wavemaker or movers
And detritus removal once or 2 times a week aswell as scrubbing the rock work, walls and hardware with some kind of brush when the rock gets dirty,remove the rock and let it set in the sun to cook off sponge and algae and put back into tank
This is the first step imo in converting your setup to sps dominate nano tank