pH & dKH tests. Seem okay ?

[Habibi Brizzy]

Ran test with with the Hanna checkers.
pH: 8.1
dKH: 8.6

These sets were done an hour after 10% weekly water change using regular Tropic Marin salt. Do these numbers look okay ?

what I have in my tank so far

 

[nick7948]

Those numbers look fine. Most people's PH will vary something like .3 per 24 hour cycle with the low being when the lights come on and high being when the lights go out. But an 8.1 seems fine for any time really. I would just recommend doing the measurement at the same time for an "apples to apples" picture. The 8.6 Alk also seems fine.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I agree they are fine.

 

[Deep]

If you are using tropic marin pro salt, then at 1.026 SG salinity the alk should be around 7.5.
Whats your salinity at and are you doing anything to bump up the Alk with something else ? Wonder how you end up at 8.5.

 

[mdb_talon]

If you are using tropic marin pro salt, then at 1.026 SG salinity the alk should be around 7.5.
Whats your salinity at and are you doing anything to bump up the Alk with something else ? Wonder how you end up at 8.5.

He said "regular" which I assume is classic..... which is around 9 and his 8.5 number makes sense.

 

[Habibi Brizzy]

Those numbers look fine. Most people's PH will vary something like .3 per 24 hour cycle with the low being when the lights come on and high being when the lights go out. But an 8.1 seems fine for any time really. I would just recommend doing the measurement at the same time for an "apples to apples" picture. The 8.6 Alk also seems fine.

Yes I was going to test again next week at the same time to get a good picture. I’m fairly new to the hobby and I’m just starting to have a grab at the dosing side of things. I will see if that would be necessary anytime soon.

If you are using tropic marin pro salt, then at 1.026 SG salinity the alk should be around 7.5.
Whats your salinity at and are you doing anything to bump up the Alk with something else ? Wonder how you end up at 8.5.

What mdb_talon said. not the pro reef ( I wish lol), classic.