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Hello reefers, I am a newbie to the reefing hobby and am just introducing myself! I live in Perth Western Australia and have had my Red Sea Reefer 350 running for the last 6 months. I have a mixed reef with the usual beginner pieces, Hammer, torch, Zoas etc, A couple of pieces of of Acropora and a Plating Montipora. I am trying to get my water parameters back under control at the moment as the SPS are sucking the Alk and Calcium. I think it's the Montipora that's doing it as everything was under control until I added it to the tank. I have also just started dosing to compensate for it.I know that I should wait for the tank to mature before adding the SPS, but you know how addictive this hobby can be. If I visit my LFS, I can't resist buying a new piece to add to the tank. I do have a question though. I hear and read on all the forums and youtube that the best level for Alklinity is between 8-10 dkh. I use natural seawater in my tank and for water changes. This has a dkh of 7. Should I be trying to raise the alklinity? I figured that if I am using NSW then a dkh of 7 should be fine
 
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Dingodog said:
Hello reefers, I am a newbie to the reefing hobby and am just introducing myself! I live in Perth Western Australia and have had my Red Sea Reefer 350 running for the last 6 months. I have a mixed reef with the usual beginner pieces, Hammer, torch, Zoas etc, A couple of pieces of of Acropora and a Plating Montipora. I am trying to get my water parameters back under control at the moment as the SPS are sucking the Alk and Calcium. I think it's the Montipora that's doing it as everything was under control until I added it to the tank. I have also just started dosing to compensate for it.I know that I should wait for the tank to mature before adding the SPS, but you know how addictive this hobby can be. If I visit my LFS, I can't resist buying a new piece to add to the tank. I do have a question though. I hear and read on all the forums and youtube that the best level for Alklinity is between 8-10 dkh. I use natural seawater in my tank and for water changes. This has a dkh of 7. Should I be trying to raise the alklinity? I figured that if I am using NSW then a dkh of 7 should be fine
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Welcome to R2R. Lots of knowledgable and helpful people here who will support and advise you when needed.
 
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Dingodog said:
Hello reefers, I am a newbie to the reefing hobby and am just introducing myself! I live in Perth Western Australia and have had my Red Sea Reefer 350 running for the last 6 months. I have a mixed reef with the usual beginner pieces, Hammer, torch, Zoas etc, A couple of pieces of of Acropora and a Plating Montipora. I am trying to get my water parameters back under control at the moment as the SPS are sucking the Alk and Calcium. I think it's the Montipora that's doing it as everything was under control until I added it to the tank. I have also just started dosing to compensate for it.I know that I should wait for the tank to mature before adding the SPS, but you know how addictive this hobby can be. If I visit my LFS, I can't resist buying a new piece to add to the tank. I do have a question though. I hear and read on all the forums and youtube that the best level for Alklinity is between 8-10 dkh. I use natural seawater in my tank and for water changes. This has a dkh of 7. Should I be trying to raise the alklinity? I figured that if I am using NSW then a dkh of 7 should be fine
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Thanks for the warm welcome and advice everyone
 
Hello, Sir! Welcome to R2R! I agree that consistency is a good goal. the reason that higher hardness/alkalinity are recommended is because of the buffering quality. The higher the ALK, the more available carbonate for your corals. You state that you are having to work to keep up with these. In the Ocean the levels are replenished by the movement of the water. In a closed system you either change the water or dose.
If you accept my analogy. With a tide the water rises and falls. if you come to port at low tide your boat may hit the shoals, where at high tide you pass right over. the options are to only enter or leave at high tide, or get a shallower boat, or dredge the harbor. just before you dose, your levels are at low tide. you might have problems, you might not. if your corals are growing, they may not find the building blocks they need until you dose, then they absorb all you put in. if there is an excess to their needs they grow all the time and don't drive the levels into the low tide zone.
there are different ideas on this and depending on the size of your boat, lol, my explanation may not apply to you.
 
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