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I have a new tank that I’m cycling. It’s 100 gal with new dry Marco rock, special grade live sand, marine pure in the sump with a reef octo elite protein skimmer that has been running and lights that are off. Tank has been cycled for a little over a month now and was started with ammonia chloride and Fritz turbo start.
I’m using Tropic Marin Pro Reef Salt that mixed to 35 ppm and DkH of fresh batch is 7.1 on my Hanna checker and Ca of 420 on Red Sea
I just did a set of tests on my tank and my numbers (confirmed twice) are:
DkH: 5.5
Calcium: 380
pH:7.5
NH3: 0 ish on Salifert
Nitrate: 5 on Hanna
Salinity: 35 on a Milwaukee and my refractometer
The lights have been off, there’s no visible coralline or any other signs of ugly stuff. Where did the calcium and alk go? Should I do a water change? Should I start dosing the tank now before I have any animals in the tank? Any suggestions how to fix the pH? I plan on doing BRS 2 part hybrid balling with soda ash. Will this get my pH up to 8.3?
I’m using Tropic Marin Pro Reef Salt that mixed to 35 ppm and DkH of fresh batch is 7.1 on my Hanna checker and Ca of 420 on Red Sea
I just did a set of tests on my tank and my numbers (confirmed twice) are:
DkH: 5.5
Calcium: 380
pH:7.5
NH3: 0 ish on Salifert
Nitrate: 5 on Hanna
Salinity: 35 on a Milwaukee and my refractometer
The lights have been off, there’s no visible coralline or any other signs of ugly stuff. Where did the calcium and alk go? Should I do a water change? Should I start dosing the tank now before I have any animals in the tank? Any suggestions how to fix the pH? I plan on doing BRS 2 part hybrid balling with soda ash. Will this get my pH up to 8.3?
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