Originally Posted by
rocketeer
Dose with Calcium enough to keep your test readings between about 380 - 475 ppm. I wouldn't start dosing unless you're getting low.
Anybody want to comment on that range?
Also, watch alkalinity. Dose the other part so that your alkalinity stays between about 8.3 and 11.8 dKH. Right anybody?
If your alkalinity gets too low, your ph can swing too low. Alk helps keep your ph off of the floor.
With mostly new water and few corals or halameda, you shouldn't have much trouble with these things for a while. Instead, spend more time checking amonia and nitrite just to make sure your bio-filter is ok. At lease for a while. I think you said you only have two small fish. That's good. Start slow. If your amonia and nitrite stay at zero, you can add more bio-load.
Nitrate's a little more complicated. Just change out 10% or so of water a week and you'll be fine most likely.
Oh yeah, welcome to MAAST.
Jack
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