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08/26/2010, 08:02 PM
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#'s for water
What should the numbers be @ for salinity? # Ammonia?
# Nitrite? # Nitrate? # pH? |
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08/26/2010, 08:05 PM
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1.023 for fowlr
1.026 for reef tank 0 ammonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrate 7.8-8.4 ph
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08/26/2010, 08:08 PM
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Ammonia must be 0
nitrate should be around 0,but some say as high as 20 is okay. Nitrite 0 Ph 8.0-8.4 Salinity depends on the type of tank- Reef 1.025 fish only 1.020 if there are no inverts |
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08/26/2010, 08:21 PM
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The best advice one can give is to match your tank water to typical ocean water parameters....starting with the salinity at 35ppt or a sg of around 1.026.
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08/26/2010, 08:48 PM
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Hey, where did my post go... 35 ppt salinity for all tanks. Fish and coral both live in the ocean and natural sea water is 35 ppt.
For all numbers, look at this article: http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-05/rhf/index.php |
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08/26/2010, 08:54 PM
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but, usually
salinity-0.024sg ammonia/nitrate/trite-0 ph-8.4 Kh-btw 7+10 on elos scale cal-450 mag-1400 iodide/iodine-as long as the inverts molt its good, |
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08/27/2010, 07:13 AM
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everything you could possibly need on this topic can be found here.
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-05/rhf/index.php
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