Water Quality....Is it ok?

Ok, here is my water!

PH- 8.1
Ammonia- 0
Nitrite- 0
Nitrate- 7.0ppm
Phosphate- .15
Magnesium- 1250
Calcium - 410
KH- dkh 7 or 125 ppm GH/KH
Salinity- 1.026

What can i do to make my water better and do you recommend any products that i should use?

Thanks

 

Yes, looks good.

What is your Salinity at?

 

Thank you! 1.026

 

Okay thats not bad

Do you have a refractometer? or a hydrometer(swing arm plastic POS things)

 

Both!

 

I would bring the mg up to 1350, and try to get the phosphate down to 0.05 ppm.

Preferred mythod for me wc, but some salt mixes have a lower mg level.

 

Okay awsome. i would just get that Phosphate and mag better though, i just thought of that

Mag up to 1350 or so

Phosphate down to 0.5 or so.. 0.15 is a bit high..

Do you feed alot?

 

Mag and cal are fine. The ratio is 3:1 Mag to Cal so 410X3=1230 so you are in balance now and I wouldn't do anything to upset that. Sometimes we can get supercilious about our tanks and start to tinker when we shouldn't. Your Alk is right on the lower end of the parameter range, this could be addressed because there is no room for error going down. I prefer a 2 DKH margin so raising it 70 9 DKH would be order here. Reef Builder is the product I use.

 

Yea! I have tangs and they are always hungary!

 

I tend to think of water changes as a preventative measure rather than a band aid, especially when keeping some of the harder stoney corals. For a hobbyist somewhat newer to this hobby and younger tanks it give a greater margin for error and that is ok by me. ;D