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cheeks69 · 05-16-2006, 06:14 PM

Mine usually stays around 9-12 dKH 3.20 meq/L-4.00meq/L. Mine did get up to to about 13.8 dKH or 4.91 meq/l because of the salt mix I was using. The advantage of keeping high alk is the ability for corals to calcify with higher than NSW levels of nitrate/phosphate but from what I understand the skeleton becomes brittle.

05-16-2006, 06:14 PM	#2 (permalink)
cheeks69 Wannabe Guru Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Northeast Posts: 6,847 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: target alkalinity Mine usually stays around 9-12 dKH 3.20 meq/L-4.00meq/L. Mine did get up to to about 13.8 dKH or 4.91 meq/l because of the salt mix I was using. The advantage of keeping high alk is the ability for corals to calcify with higher than NSW levels of nitrate/phosphate but from what I understand the skeleton becomes brittle. __________________ Robert My Cube “A spirit is manifest in the laws of the Universe—a spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in the face of which we with our modest powers must feel humble.” Albert Einstein