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Old 10-21-2012, 12:55 AM
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YOu are better with the Kh not more than 10 as this can bring a lot of RTN STN in your coral. Too high Kh is a risk for this condition.

Natural sea water is between 6.5 to 7.5, no 11 or 12.

It is also best to maintain a mid range value for the Kh because if your test is off a bit, it won't be so drastic. If you keep it at 12 and your test is off you might reach 14 or more....even 11 is incresing the risk of RTN.

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Originally Posted by 04V10 View Post
I am going to be bringing the dKh up to 11-12 as per the red sea suppliment program that I am using, as well the Ca will be 460, and the Mg will be 1390. I am currently in the process of upping these throughout this week. If things look good I will increase the light slightly after I get my params where I want them. I did notice that I have a high use of alk in my tank throughout the week as it dropped from 8 to 6.4 over the week (this was when I did the test over 7 days to figure out my dosing regime).

Anywho, just thought I'd let you guys know things are looking a bit better and I am hopefully on the road to recovery!!
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