Water chemistry help

[jromero101]

Hi everyone I’m pretty new to water chemistry and I’ve been running this tank since October of last year, my current levels are
Kh = 10.2 dkh
Mg = 1380 ppm
Ca = 460 ppm
I wanted to know how I can drop alkalinity other than constant water changes? And if it’s normal for a tank to take a while to get more coral? Currently I just have 2 occelaris clowns, pistol shrimp and 1 zoa who opens up occasionally! Anything helps thank you !!!!!

 

[Pistondog]

Salt mixes will increase or decrease dkh, depending on the brand

 

[jromero101]

Salt mixes will increase or decrease dkh, depending on the brand

Okay! I buy premade saltwater from my lfs and they use Red Sea pro and I’ve been using that since the beginning and for water Changes

 

[jromero101]

Okay! I buy premade saltwater from my lfs and they use Red Sea pro and I’ve been using that since the beginning and for water Changes

Which has a lot of dkh probably why my alkalinity is pretty high I’ll look into changing to mixing my own salt.

 

[Pistondog]

Get an rodi system for source water.

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[arking_mark]

Which has a lot of dkh probably why my alkalinity is pretty high I’ll look into changing to mixing my own salt.

Yep. Red Sea Pro is a elevated parameters salt.

 

[Kriz]

You need to figure out what kind of tank you want to create. LPS, SPS, Soft.
Based on this, plan the composition of waters, light, flow.

 

[Gtinnel]

It is always a good idea to be able to make your own saltwater, but if you don't have any lps or sps corals in the tank then I wouldn't worry too much about your alk level yet. I never even checked those parameters until I started adding stony corals.