You did what??

Daddi0 · 10/31/2019, 04:35 PM

So I sold about a dozen corals to a guy yesterday. Today I get a text asking where I keep my alk. I tell him 10. Well a couple minutes later I get a text from the same guy telling me that his reef was at 6 so he went ahead and dosed it up to 10.

Cheers! Mark

bertoni · 10/31/2019, 07:24 PM

Hmm, well, please let us know how his tank responds.

GTR · 11/01/2019, 05:16 AM

My tanks did well, everything grew fast at 10.
But that was before the ultra low nutrient craze. lol

mcgyvr · 11/01/2019, 08:24 AM

Mistakes can be the best learning experiences..

7-11dkh is typically an acceptable range and corals seem to do just fine in that range as long as the value is kept stable..

Its rapid changes/swings that seem to cause stress/coral demise,etc...

bertoni · 11/01/2019, 03:54 PM

I agree it's the rapid changes that sometimes seem to lead to problems.

hkgar · 11/06/2019, 03:08 PM

Yup, think of it in terms of the damage caused by the sudden decrease of speed in a traffic accident. Hitting something is much different at 25 than at 2.5 mph

hotdrop · 11/17/2019, 10:19 PM

Just imagine the ph swing that poor tank must have seen. Though if it was empty before maybe not as big a deal

10/31/2019, 04:35 PM	#1
Daddi0 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Redwood City Posts: 1,354	You did what?? So I sold about a dozen corals to a guy yesterday. Today I get a text asking where I keep my alk. I tell him 10. Well a couple minutes later I get a text from the same guy telling me that his reef was at 6 so he went ahead and dosed it up to 10. Cheers! Mark __________________ 2x 65g displays with a 30g cryptic refugium and 30g sump - 55g reef 30g Bio-cube reef - I.M. 30g reef - 45g freshwater

10/31/2019, 07:24 PM	#2
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	Hmm, well, please let us know how his tank responds. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

11/01/2019, 05:16 AM	#3
GTR Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Twin Falls, ID Posts: 7,152	My tanks did well, everything grew fast at 10. But that was before the ultra low nutrient craze. lol __________________ AKA, Riff

11/01/2019, 08:24 AM	#4
mcgyvr Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 20,050	Mistakes can be the best learning experiences.. 7-11dkh is typically an acceptable range and corals seem to do just fine in that range as long as the value is kept stable.. Its rapid changes/swings that seem to cause stress/coral demise,etc... __________________ Who me?

11/01/2019, 03:54 PM	#5
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	I agree it's the rapid changes that sometimes seem to lead to problems. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

11/06/2019, 03:08 PM	#6
hkgar Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Dewitt MI Posts: 5,051	Yup, think of it in terms of the damage caused by the sudden decrease of speed in a traffic accident. Hitting something is much different at 25 than at 2.5 mph __________________ Gary 180 gallon, 40 gallon sump, 3 250 W MH + 4 80W ATI T5's, MTC MVX 36 Skimmer, Apex controller Aquamaxx T-3 CaRx Current Tank Info: A 2 Barred Rabbitfish, Red Head Salon, Yellow/Purple, McMaster Fairy, Possum, 2 Leopard Wrasses, Kole, & Atlantic Blue Tangs, 2 Percula Clown, 3 PJ and 1 Banggai Cardinalfish , Swallowtail, Bellus and Coral Beauty Angels

11/17/2019, 10:19 PM	#7
hotdrop Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2019 Posts: 4	Just imagine the ph swing that poor tank must have seen. Though if it was empty before maybe not as big a deal