do i really need to dose?

[toxic111]

Your Calcium is inline, did you test your Mag & Alk??

no SPS... that is what I said to start with... guess what, that changed... lol

[cathyg_99]

Originally Posted by toxic111

Your Calcium is inline, did you test your Mag & Alk??

no SPS... that is what I said to start with... guess what, that changed... lol

uhh... no i didnt think id have to with it being new

[toxic111]

I would still test the Mg & Alk, even with being a new system, I know with my tank I have to do the Alk as it will drop nearly a point a day if I don't, and I have a small tank with not that many corals in it.

[ScubaSteve]

You don't really have anything that consumes a significant amount of calc/alk like SPS. If your tank becomes very LPS dominated you may have too but only time and testing will tell. As long as you do regular water changes with a good salt you should be fine. Don't just measure calc, alk shifts more dramatically on a day to day basis than calc.

[cathyg_99]

okay and if my alk level is low how do i dose that?

[fencer]

Don't play around with Alk unless you really have to...usually dKH is around 8 but people have had it up to 10. If all your stuff in the tank looks happy don't do anything to it. If you want your alk tested go to Blue World. Is your salinity is ok?

[naesco]

Originally Posted by fencer

Don't play around with Alk unless you really have to...usually dKH is around 8 but people have had it up to 10. If all your stuff in the tank looks happy don't do anything to it. If you want your alk tested go to Blue World. Is your salinity is ok?

I agree it is too early to start playing around provided you are doing regular water changes.\

I would suggest that you stop adding more fish at this time. One fish per month is best in a new tank.

Also mandarins need an abundance of pods to feed and an aged system. If you see that she is thinning try to remove her and give her to a reefer that has an established tank.