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How do these water parameters look?

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Kh: 2.5
Ph: 8.0
Mg: 1450
PO4: 0
S: 1.024

Should I dose with anything? What about the Kh? the kit I have is in degrees and seems like most people use ppm.
 
dunno gotta buy a test for that... last week it was 500 so I suspect it's fine, did a 10% water change yesterday. But I'll test that tomorrow once I buy a test.

Nice ling Avatar BTW.. got 8 rockfish mounts in my office :) a 10lb Copper and 2 x 10lb Vermillions :)
 
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I'll bet those mounts are sweet!

Reef Aquarium Suggested Level:

Specific Gravity 1.023 - 1.026
Temperature 72 - 78°F
pH 8.1 - 8.4
Alkalinity 8 - 12 dKH
Ammonia (NH3) Undetectable
Nitrite (NO2) Undetectable
Nitrate - Nitrogen (NO3) < 1.0 ppm
Phosphate (PO4) < 0.2 ppm
Calcium 350 - 450 ppm
Magnesium 1250 - 1350 ppm
Iodine 0.06 - 0.10 ppm
Strontium 8 - 14 ppm
 
put in a half teaspoon of the kent product, I'll measure again in one hour, it was a pretty low dose.

I also have ESV B-Ionic Calcium buffer system, it's a two part one part "Componant No2 Calcium", one part "Componant No1 Alkalinity"
I guess I could just use the alkalinity portion if that product is better?
 
my saltwater mix takes nine drops to make it go from blue to yellow. So my mix is about 4.5dH? So is the salt I'm using crap? The salt mix I'm using in "instant ocean salt".
 
So I have some kent marine superbuffer-dkh, do I dose with that? how much? this is a 90 gallon tank with about 80lbs live rock no sump.

I thought Ph & Kh were tied to each other? The Kh test only took 5 drops to change the water color from blue to yellow and in the instructions is says one drop is 1/2 a point so 5 would make 2.5dH, atleast that the way I'm reading it.
 
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