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I was reading someone's post highlighting some of the most successful tanks owned by many of the big coral companies. The parameters were all over the place in terms of calcium, magnesium, nitrates, and phosphates... kind of showing that stability was the key. But, 9 of the 10 tanks kept their alkalinity below 9 dKh with only one tank maintaining around 11dKh. So my question...why all the salts like Reef Crystals, etc... that push the higher alkalinity?
I currently use HW Marinemix with an alkalinity around 9... but was going to switch to IO which had a higher alkalinity. Now thinking I may have made a mistake in looking to make this switch.
I currently use HW Marinemix with an alkalinity around 9... but was going to switch to IO which had a higher alkalinity. Now thinking I may have made a mistake in looking to make this switch.