TylerJaid
Community Member
Hey everyone I'm very excited as I have some fish and my first soft corals on the way, they will be here in about 1 week! Anyways I just got a bunch of salifert test kits in so I decided to some tests with them! I am a little worried with the test results though. Also this tank has had water in it for 40 ish days and I have not done a water change yet, it's a 55 gallon, I was going to do water change right before fish came in. The salinity was 1.026 when I started 40 ish days ago. Today my test results are:
Temp: 78
Ph:7.8
Salinity:1.0245
Kh/alk:6.7
Calcium:350
Magnesium:1000
Po4:.03
I'm mainly concerned with the dkh as that seems low from what I've read. Also the drop in salinity have to do with testing and taking water out the past 40ish days?? Should I make my salt mix say 1.027 when I do a 25% water change? Should I add a small amount of salt to the tank to raise salinity, my already made up batch of saltwater is 1.026. Any tips or tricks on raising these levels or am I overthinking this? Mainly going to be a fish, invert, soft coral tank thanks everyone in advance I have already learned so much here!
Temp: 78
Ph:7.8
Salinity:1.0245
Kh/alk:6.7
Calcium:350
Magnesium:1000
Po4:.03
I'm mainly concerned with the dkh as that seems low from what I've read. Also the drop in salinity have to do with testing and taking water out the past 40ish days?? Should I make my salt mix say 1.027 when I do a 25% water change? Should I add a small amount of salt to the tank to raise salinity, my already made up batch of saltwater is 1.026. Any tips or tricks on raising these levels or am I overthinking this? Mainly going to be a fish, invert, soft coral tank thanks everyone in advance I have already learned so much here!
