Reef parameters
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, 10-05-2010 at 01:53 AM (3632 Views)
So with all that has been going on, I've been a tad lax on measuring all the water parameters in my system. I'll check this or that (alkalinity, temperature, salinity), but not everything... over time, I've been losing some SPS while others seem bulletproof. My numbers aren't horrible, but nitrate has skyrocketed somehow. I'll be doing a couple of big water changes over the next two weeks. Alkalinity has had some huge swings over the past 60 days, which is why I thought the SPS were reacting badly, but didn't expect NO3 to rise so sharply.
Temp: 78.7 F
pH: 8.27
ORP: 356
Salinity: 1.025 sg
Alkalinity: 8 dKH
Phosphate: .1ppm (this may not even be that high, it was tough to read so I dosed Phosphate Control tonight to drop it down to 0)
Calcium: 490ppm
Magnesium: 1470ppm
Nitrate: 35ppm
Magnesium is up because I saw the montipora corals getting pale, and dosed 1000ml.
Where I had one huge RBTA up until 4 days ago, it appears to be two, if not three anemones now.
The fish seem content, and the LPS seem fine as well.