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renato120
10/10/2011, 07:42 PM
What should Akalinity be?
Mine is reading 7.7 and I think its low
disc1
10/10/2011, 07:57 PM
What's in your tank? Not a lot of details here.
renato120
10/10/2011, 09:35 PM
What's in your tank? Not a lot of details here.

My corals are not doing good!
Nitrate 0
Phosphate 0
ALK 7.7
Calcium 440
Magnesium 1000
Salinity 1.024
ph 8.0/8.3
renato120
10/10/2011, 09:38 PM
How do I raise Magnesium? I know they should be around 1390
disc1
10/10/2011, 10:04 PM
My corals are not doing good!
Nitrate 0
Phosphate 0
ALK 7.7
Calcium 440
Magnesium 1000
Salinity 1.024
ph 8.0/8.3

I ask again. What is in the tank? Do you have softies? LPS? SPS? Clams? Fish? What is in there?
renato120
10/11/2011, 05:12 AM
I ask again. What is in the tank? Do you have softies? LPS? SPS? Clams? Fish? What is in there?

Sorry! I have Lps, and soft corals..... The acans are doing fine, but my candy cane, and hammer are shrinking I dont know why....
Two clown fishes, and a Banggai.
JoeRonda
10/11/2011, 06:32 AM
Those parameters sound fine. My dkh is 9 but 7-8 is good and I don't test for Mg.
chris5523
10/11/2011, 06:35 AM
http://http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=102605 (http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=102605)

Read these articles, there is also a formula to make your own alk, calc, and mag supplements.