Water Test Results

[Juano908]

Just finished testing my tank water and these are the results:
pH: 7.6
Mg: 1520
KH: 7.0
Cal: 475
Spg: 1.025
Good or bad?

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[Juano908]

I forgot to mention I'd like to get the pH at least 8.1

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[trivan]

I would not chase pH, you can probably use a bit more KH I shoot to keep it at 9, which will probably raise the pH, my tank is very low on the pH scale but growth and color is good.

 

[Arce]

Mag and calc are kind of high. I shoot for 1350 and 420.

Don't chase pH.

Alk isn't bad, I shoot for 8 but ran at 7 for a bit as well.

 

[mnat]

I would also probably SLOWLY bring alk up to 8.0 as well.

 

[Juano908]

Thanks everyone, I'm not dosing anything yet, my tank is still low stock...I'm doing a partial W.C. and then I'll test the water again.

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[mnat]

Start with some two part, I like BRS if you don't want to make your own. Very easy dosing system and pretty clear mixing instructions. The calculator on the website is also a nice help.

 

[Juano908]

Start with some two part, I like BRS if you don't want to make your own. Very easy dosing system and pretty clear mixing instructions. The calculator on the website is also a nice help.

Start dosing two part??..even with Cal. being in range?

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[downbeach]

Start dosing two part??..even with Cal. being in range?

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Just use the alk part. Simple A&H baking soda will work fine, but I'd suggest you bake it @ 400 on a cookie sheet for an hour to make it into soda ash.

 

[redfishbluefish]

Looky here: Baking Alkalinity Solution

 

[Juano908]

Just use the alk part. Simple A&H baking soda will work fine, but I'd suggest you bake it @ 400 on a cookie sheet for an hour to make it into soda ash.

Oh, ok Jim.

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[Juano908]

Looky here: Baking Alkalinity Solution

Thanks a lot Paul.

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[Juano908]

I did the partial WC yesterday, I'll test the water again today to see what the results are, thanks everyone again.

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[Rwc]

I would also recommend brs 2 part they make it so simple with the calculator on their web page

 

[Juano908]

Just finished testing my water and these are the results:
pH: 7.9
Mg: 1560
KH: 7.0
Cal: 490
Spg: 1.026
KH still the same as before the WC...
I'll cook some B.S. and will start dosing.

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[Juano908]

Ok, my Alk is at 7.0 dkh and I want to bring it up to 9.0 dkh as per the BRS reef calculator I need to add approx. 2.4 tsp of the two part solution, now my question is the 2.4 tsp doI have to dose daily?

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[mnat]

No no no. That is the TOTAL amount to bring it up. Split that amount up over 4-5 days and slowly bring it up. If you hike it 2 dkh in one dose, you can kill some corals. Welcome to the wonderful world of dosing lol. Honestly, once you get it set to the correct amount, you will see your corals explode in growth.

 

[redfishbluefish]

Juan, that doesn't sound right. I don't know your total volume, but 2.4 tsp might be alright for a very small nano tank.

With the BRS calculator, assuming you cooked the baking soda, you want to pick "2 Part Alkalinity (soda ash)." The other consideration is that you don't want to raise alkalinity more than 1 dKH per day. So go slow in raising you alkalinity.


EDIT TO ADD: I think I see what you did....dry soda ash. I just assumed you made up the alkalinity solution of 2 1/4 cups of cooked baking soda made up to one gallon with RO/DI water.

 

[Rwc]

Dose as needed it all depends on your tank if its loaded with coral then it's going to burn through alk ,calc

 

[downbeach]

I think it's more simple to make your alk into a solution by adding 2 cups of soda ash(baked baking soda) to one gallon of RO/DI water. Use this calculator, fill in the blanks for your system and Randy's recipe #1 in the drop down menu. Once you have your param's where you want them, start testing for a few days to a week to see how much your system used, and then determine how much you need to dose each day.