Water chemistry

[chamic1]

I am new a the whole reef tank thing so I was wondering what kind of "chemistry" do I have to moniter in a 20 gallon reef tank? I know of the following: Alkalinity, NO2 (nitrite), NO3(nitrate), NH3(ammonia), Ca (Calcium), PO4 (phosphate), Cl (chlorine), NaCl (salt) and pH (per hydrogen). Did I miss any? If I did which ones?
Regards
Chamic1

 

[bigarn]

Real funny!

Now put it in english and maybe we can help.

 

[overanalyzer]

Originally posted by chamic1
I am new a the whole reef tank thing so I was wondering what kind of "chemistry" do I have to moniter in a 20 gallon reef tank? I know of the following: Alkalinity, NO2, NO3, NH4, Ca, PO4, Cl, NaCl and Ph. Did I miss any? If I did which ones?
Regards
Chamic1
ONce I completed the cycle I only followed Calcium, Salinity and PH I then "eyeballed" everything else to make sure it looked right to keep on an eye on everything. If you keep corals in your nano tank you will know when something is off because you will not get full polyp extension and you will have unhappy corals.
Heck once I added Xenia I stopped watching my PH levels.
HTH