LFS Alk kept at 14 DKH best coral selections by far

[14 foot reef]

I have a very seasoned old school LFS owner that is very very successful in reef keeping, coral growing, and overall fish knowledge.
He keeps his store reefs at 14 DKH & 1.026 salinity, what precautions or what protocol should I use when buying and acclimating his corals into my system that I keep at 9 dkh ?
This seems like a very drastic change that would shock the acros and possibly have an adverse even deadly outcome.
What would your acclimation process be ?
1150 gallon system
1.026
Ca 460
Alk 9.0
Magnesium 1490
Po4 .02
Nitrate 1-2
Doze Kalk through auto top off
AI Hybrid T5 with Kessil a360we's
Par is 175 on the bottom, 250 middle and some top areas 400-600 par, but no coral at that height right now.

 

[andrewey]

Following. I've done this twice and in both cases I set up acclimation tanks and dropped the alkalinity by 0.5 each day. I didn't lose any of the more sensitive SPS going from 13 to 8.1, but I'd love to know whether that's necessary or not

 

[14 foot reef]

Following. I've done this twice and in both cases I set up acclimation tanks and dropped the alkalinity by 0.5 each day. I didn't lose any of the more sensitive SPS going from 13 to 8.1, but I'd love to know whether that's necessary or not

Did your acclimation tanks also include strong lighting or not ? I could see house this could get expensive..

 

[andrewey]

This was before my current QT procedures, but at the time, it was a 10 gallon tank with egg crate, a 50w heater, some marinepure balls that had been cycled in the DT, and a par38 led bulb. Lighting doesn't have to be anything fancy since when they enter the DT you'll likely be starting them at a lower par and working them up so as not to burn them.