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| Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Mamaroneck, NY
Posts: 270
Reefer Ratings: (3 (100%) Friends: (1) | Low PH and dkh ????
I'm not to concerned because all my corals are doing fine but my parameters are as follows Salinity 1.026 refractometer Temp 78.8 PH 7.8 API Nitrate 0 API Phosphate 0 salifert Ca 420 salifert & red sea pro Dkh 6.7 - 7.0 salifert & red sea pro Mg 1400 red sea pro Test done at 1pm 3 hours after daylights came on 1 week after last water change. I don't know if I should start dosing or doing small daily water changes to keep levels up and stable ? My tank is only 29 gallons so doing a daily 1 gallon change wouldn't be to bad ??? I have a mixed reef with a lot of sps Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk | ||||
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| The Flying Reefer Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Bronx/Westchester
Posts: 1,322
Reefer Ratings: (17 (100%) Friends: (6) |
Since you have only a 29g , its not surprising you have a slight swing in parameters, which is not such a bad one either. Do weekly water changes, not daily, because there is a risk you might swing your parameters even more if you do daily water changes in such a small tank volume. You mentioned a lot of sps and mixed corals, and thats the reason for low Dkh , following low calcium levels. So the solution IMO is: weekly water changes and set up a daily dosing regiment of Ca and Alk. Follow up on test results weekly and check to see if they have somewhat stabilized. Hope I help ![]()
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