What should I do,. Slight alk swing

[Vincent100]

Hi all
I keep my alk at 8.6 ,drops to 8.4 every day .
I buy my salt water from my lfs for my water change
My tank is a red Sea 350 and I changed 75 liters 2 days ago .
Usually I wait a day than test all my water mainly for alk , every time I do this my alk is sitting at 8.6 or 8.4 or 8.4,5
Today I tested instead of last night as I was hafe asleep
Alk was at 8.9 so the day before it must of been higher...like 9.1 ,I know it's not a big big change but my tank is use to the alk going down not up , everything looks fine apart from a green slimer frag which looks to have a little alk burn on the top
Anyway my point is should I keep my alk a little higher to stop the jump from my water change .....think my lfs is using a different brand of salt

Also why Im at it can someone tell me the level to keep my Cal ,mag at, I keep seeing so many different .....I keep it at this I keep it at that
Mine is at
Mag 1350
Cal 425
Should i keep them at this ? Tank is a mix of sps and lps
Salt 25
Temp 26.4to 27c
No3 0.02 working to get it up
Po4 0.03
Lots of fish

Thanks for reading my long post lol :rolleyes:

 

[Diesel]

You doing great.
Yes ALK swings around but on a average your number is good.
Many ppl keep chasing their numbers but when in the morning your ALK is at 8.5 and afternoon at 9........... then I can say welcome to this wonderful hobby as that is perfectly fine

 

[Vincent100]

Thanks diesel ,you have helped me many times ...thanks for your knowledge:)

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

I also do not think those changes are important. Many people have much larger daily alk changes when using once or twice a day dosing, and their tanks seem just fine. :)

 

[Vincent100]

Thanks Randy, I take in all that you say

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

You're welcome.

Happy Reefing. :)