Alkalinity

mhumphre · 09/20/2018, 07:37 PM

What are you all running your Alkalinity at? I'm running mine at 8.3 right now.

thegrun · 09/20/2018, 07:59 PM

8.3 for me also.

Djbeasley05 · 09/20/2018, 08:13 PM

9.5 on my way up to 11

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Uncle99 · 09/22/2018, 02:31 PM

High Alk and CA in the ranges usually is coincides with ultra low or undectable nitrate and phosphate. Whereas nitrate in the 5-10 ppm ranges I would agree with 7.8 to 8.3.
High alk and CA does not correlate to more grow, however some believe combined with a PH of 8.3, some minor increases due to ions available to corals in the water.

Stability is more important than numbers, corals hate change.

09/20/2018, 07:37 PM	#1
mhumphre Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Posts: 19	Alkalinity What are you all running your Alkalinity at? I'm running mine at 8.3 right now.

09/20/2018, 07:59 PM	#2
thegrun Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Garden Grove, Ca Posts: 16,936	8.3 for me also.

09/20/2018, 08:13 PM	#3
Djbeasley05 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2018 Posts: 358	9.5 on my way up to 11 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

09/22/2018, 02:31 PM	#4
Uncle99 Crab Free Zone Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,172	High Alk and CA in the ranges usually is coincides with ultra low or undectable nitrate and phosphate. Whereas nitrate in the 5-10 ppm ranges I would agree with 7.8 to 8.3. High alk and CA does not correlate to more grow, however some believe combined with a PH of 8.3, some minor increases due to ions available to corals in the water. Stability is more important than numbers, corals hate change.