Alkalinity

I'm fairly new to the hobby with saltwater, made plenty of mistakes, and still learning. I go to 2 reputable fish stores...one tells me that with coral & fish, alkalinty should be 1.023, the other tells me 2.4. What is a safe range.

Thanks! :-/

 

This is a very good link, great resource for parameters. I probably re-read it once every six months.

Reef Aquarium Water Parameters by Randy Holmes-Farley - Reefkeeping.com

 

I think you are mixing up Salinity 1.023 and Alkalinity 2.4 read those articles, both those numbers are not where I would want them.

 

Great link! I was saving my parameters question until I did some of my own research, but this is a huge help.

 

two possibilities.
One is alkalinity and one is salinity, yes they do rhyme. however that alkalinity is wrong for corals.

other possibility
both are salinity, one recommend 1.023 and the other 1.024(do not put your salinity at 2.4 thats probably past pure salt anyway)

 

salinity for corals about 1.025-1.026

 

Thanks all... I put Alkalinity when I meant Salinity. Some of you saw past my mistake.

Thanks agian

 

yah i have a moderate load of corals and run my salinity at 1.026...definitely invest in a refractometer for as accurate readings as possible.

 

I 've run my salinity at 1.023 for 25 years. No SPS.

 

i do 1.025 but with a hydrometer not a refractometer. once your in the 1.023-1.026 range i think the big thing is consistancey not so much the "exact" measurement