Perfect Parms?

OK so I can write it down this time what is the perfect Parms? Also last night tested and nitrites were 2.0 did water change and tested today with Salifert and it is .05. 100 gallons of water in tank if so how much of a water change should I do tonight or tomorrow. As always thanks in advnce.

 

Ideally, the perfect water parameters for a reef tank would be...

Specific Gravity/Salinity - 1.024-1.026 (1.0265 is natural sea water) or 25-36 PPT
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate - 0-5
Phosphate - 0
Calcium - 420-450
Alkalinity - 9 DKH
Magnesium - 1320

But remember this is an average. Nitrates and nitrates are difficult to get that low and you will almost never reach "absolute zero." But don't worry too much. SPS like ULNS while soft corals like the water to be a little "dirty" LPS can go either way. It sort of depends.

 

perfect parameters
would be 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite and Nitrates 0 on test kits perfect for SPS , but softies are fine and in fact probably better in tanks with some Nitrate

PH - 8.3 but some tanks run perfectly with 7.8 or higher

Calcium - 380 - 450 ideal range
dkh - 7 - 11 ideal range
Magnesium - 1380 - 1450 ideal range

Phosphate - 0 on hobbyist test kits

Steve

 

OK thanks, So .05 should I do another wc or wait a day or two.

 

Its a new tank thats cycling shoebox

let nature take its course and bacteria will deal with that Nitrite for you

 

Its three months. I think some of the problem was a little over feeding. But that problem was resolved that person is now sleeping with the fishes.;D;D;D