water quality & coral question

ok i started useing r.o. water in my changes
just bought a CPR BAK-PAK2 skimmer to upgrade my old one & soon will be adding a TUNZE NANOSTREAM 6025
SG 1.027
NITRITE 0
NITRATE 0
AMMONIA 0
PH 8.0
PHOSPHATE 0.2
now the million dollar question do you think it will be o kto start adding some coral?
 

notsonoob

Member
Get your PH to 8.3 first.
It really is going to depend upon which corals you add, but get your PH stable at about 8.3.
Then make sure that your calcium and trace elements are always at a decent rate.
 
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cmaxwell39

Guest
As Saltnoob said, you need to be testing Calcium and Alk if you want to start adding corals. If you are using a quality reef salt then these will probably be just fine, but you need to monitor them especially as you get more and more corals to make sure that water changes are keeping up with the calcium demand in the tank.
Once everything is in range and STABLE then start with some easy corals. Welcome to a whole new addiction.
 
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