Tank Params

Devin Le · Jun 11, 2018

I tested my alkalinity two days in a row and got 9.2 DKH. My tank parameters are at
Alk 9.2 dkh
Cal : 440 ppm
Mag : 1520 ppm
Are these acceptable parameters? I haven’t seen any growth from anything not even my pulsing Xenia and no corraline has grown at all. I haven’t dosed anything to the tank other than aquavitro fuel and 10 ML’s of alkalinity once.

Larry L · Jun 11, 2018

Those numbers look totally fine. Other things that would be important to know would be temp and salinity, and maybe pH, nitrate, and phosphate. Besides those things, there are a lot of other factors that affect growth, like amount of light, amount of flow, etc. How long has the tank been set up? What do you have in there, other than pulsing Xenia?

Devin Le · Jun 11, 2018

Larry L said:
Those numbers look totally fine. Other things that would be important to know would be temp and salinity, and maybe pH, nitrate, and phosphate. Besides those things, there are a lot of other factors that affect growth, like amount of light, amount of flow, etc. How long has the tank been set up? What do you have in there, other than pulsing Xenia?

I haven’t tested for ammonia nitrite or nitrate. But salinity is 1.025 and I have two hammers one Duncan one frogspawn one acan a bubble coral one cyphastrea one pociloporra two zoa frags and a scoly. These are all small frags. 1 head for most. And the tank has been up for almost a year.

Devin Le · Jun 11, 2018

Larry L said:
Those numbers look totally fine. Other things that would be important to know would be temp and salinity, and maybe pH, nitrate, and phosphate. Besides those things, there are a lot of other factors that affect growth, like amount of light, amount of flow, etc. How long has the tank been set up? What do you have in there, other than pulsing Xenia?

Everything seems pretty happy for the most part. I get good polyp extension just no growth.