OK the salinity is a tad high but that depends on what you are testing the level with A swing arm meter is always off a tad + or - A refractometer is the only way to tell for sure But I found with the swing arm units I kept mine in the day at 1.024 and it was always fine .
Now with the DKH well Alk at 130 ppm is a tad to low use this conversion to adjust what you have and depending on what you keep adjust accordingly With higher DKH values you will have far less algae issue.
To convert use this formula 2.8 dKH = 1.0 meg/l = 50 ppm.
Reef fish can adjust to less then reef quality water But its not fair to them or yourself it gets expensive to replace them. It cause stress and health issues I think.. Try to keep the alk PPM near to 180ppm and ca at 400 and as you bring the alk up a bit to the proper levels the ca will fall from the 450 to 400 , The carbonate levels increase skimmer efficiency also.. _________ Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible (Doug Larson) |