Water chemistry questions

nobody

Reefing newb
I have set up my tank now and ran it for a day now. I used water supplied from the LFS and it came out of thier tanks. The amm., nitrate and nitrite levels are lowering. And are not high at all. Not zero yet but getting close. I added base and live rock and live sand.

Questions are on Ph and Salt levels. My Ph is a little low at 7.9. How do I raise it? And what do I use?

The salinety is at .20 to .21. How do I raise it? I have salt mix to make up and still have some water that was supplied. This is a 125 gal. tank so how much do I need to add. I will be doing a water change next week.
 
Your pH is fine don't go around messing with it, it can only cause more problems down the road. For pH 7.8-8.2 is okay.

As for raising your salinity, when you top off your tank just use salt water till you reach your desired salinity level and then switch back to RO water for your top offs.
 
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