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Okay then what salt do you use?
Stepping back to the original question. After reading about your tank, what the numbers are, plus your salt mix the answer is Adding a T5 and/or adding a calcium reactor will do nothing to help your coral take off.So my tank is a 45 gallon with a reef breeders photonv2 and one power head but seems like my coral aren’t taking off like I would like. Would adding a calcium reactor or adding a t5 light be better?
Everyone keeps saying dosing but I don’t dose anything?
Raise salinity 1-2 points(a little low)Calcium-350
Phosphate-0
Nitrate-5
Ammonia-0
Salt 1.023
Don’t have par reading on my tank but at 12 inch above the water and 24inch long tank I should be getting around 150 to 200 everywhere
I find calcium reactors beneficial and helps stabilize calcium and alk levels. Im selling mine to get a larger one due to bigger tank and benefits I’ve noticed with my SPS
How much are you selling it for?
$95 shipped
Sent pmDo you have a picture? And model name
A calcium reactor is useless if you don't know what your ALK level is. I recommend you get Salifert ALK & magnesium test kits first. Also a Ca one if uoi do not have it already. Correct you salinity while waiting for your test kits. Low salinity will affect ALK Ca & Mag levels as well as coral growth. Read up on reef chemistry and work on getting you parameters correct and stable. Adding a calcium reactor at this point is just going to make things worse.Honestly I haven’t ever checked alk and don’t really know how
A calcium reactor is useless if you don't know what your ALK level is. I recommend you get Salifert ALK & magnesium test kits first. Also a Ca one if uoi do not have it already. Correct you salinity while waiting for your test kits. Low salinity will affect ALK Ca & Mag levels as well as coral growth. Read up on reef chemistry and work on getting you parameters correct and stable. Adding a calcium reactor at this point is just going to make things worse.
That is a good plan as that will increase your alkalinity some. Just use salt water to top off your tank.Got my Hanna alk tester yesterday and checked it. It was 6.4! So I went ahead and bought the reef supplies kalkwasser and magnesium kit but before I add any of that I’m going to get my salt up to 1.026. Right now it’s at 1.022 so wants that back up I’ll check my alk again