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Old 11-20-2012, 04:12 PM
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I have to admit, I run my tank at Alk 7 because the zeo guide says to run it there (I run a zeo tank as well) and my SPS growth is still nowhere near as good as it was when I ran a tank with Alk 10. I'm very tempted to try running it back at 10.
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Old 11-20-2012, 04:22 PM
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I have to admit, I run my tank at Alk 7 because the zeo guide says to run it there (I run a zeo tank as well) and my SPS growth is still nowhere near as good as it was when I ran a tank with Alk 10. I'm very tempted to try running it back at 10.
I did notice that too. When I wasn't dosing my alk would sit near 7 and growth was kinda slow. Then I started dosing and held alk at 9/10ish and growth was insane. Although I personally prefer to keep my alk at around 8/9. To me that's kinda the middle of the road.
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I targeted 8 as well. my theory was that middle of the road is best since it would take a larger overdose to reach levels where you're burning tips etc.
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So my alk is not an issue for my tank since it remains between 9 and 10.
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although a lot of people have RTN and STN when keeping their alkalinity at 10. Zeovit recommand this for a good reason.

But hey, it's your tank and your corals
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I targeted 8 as well. my theory was that middle of the road is best since it would take a larger overdose to reach levels where you're burning tips etc.
That's my logic too.
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Kept mind at 10-11 for the past year, only had one coral rtn, then again I don't use zeo. Can't really see how 10 is a problem since not that long ago allot of people kept it close to 14.
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did these people keeping their tank at 14 kh had a lot of SPS and kept them healthy?

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Kept mind at 10-11 for the past year, only had one coral rtn, then again I don't use zeo. Can't really see how 10 is a problem since not that long ago allot of people kept it close to 14.
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did these people keeping their tank at 14 kh had a lot of SPS and kept them healthy?
Yeah most of them did, very fast growing, mind you they were also using 10000k halides, so everything was kinda dull.
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did these people keeping their tank at 14 kh had a lot of SPS and kept them healthy?
Atleast Brad do
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