ideal water perimeters?

[dominik]

What are the range of perimeter the water should be in? Eg. ph 7.8 - 8.4

[nakazoru]

Web got lots of ideal water parms, should look it up. Nonetheless:

Specific Gravity 1.023 - 1.025

Temperature 72 - 78°F

pH 8.1 - 8.4

Alkalinity 8 - 12 dKH

Ammonia (NH3) 0

Nitrite (NO2) 0

Nitrate (NO3) 1.0 ppm

Phosphate (PO4) < 0.2 ppm

Calcium 350 - 450 ppm

Magnesium 1250 - 1350 ppm

Iodine 0.06 - 0.10 ppm

Strontium 8 - 14 ppm

Good luck

[Kelmen]

CTO:

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-05/rhf/index.php

I know most reefer keeping the salinity at 1.022+

The article recommended 1.026

Personnally, I would attempt to keep it at 1.024-1.025

Unless you have an auto-topoff, then you can keep it at 1.026

[slcw]

i believe the hydrometers are usually off. I measured a few using refractometer, some were 0.07 off the scale.