all for reef with red sea foundation B(alk)?

[reefer369]

Im currently dosing 1ml of All For Reef daily and testing seem high on cal (~450-500) and mag (~ 1500). alk is ~8.5-9dkh. AFR direction said lower AFR and dose balling part B if high on Ca and low or same on alk. so I will cut to 0.5ml daily

But can I dose red sea foundation B (alk) instead of tropic marin balling part B?

I have new nano 15G tank 2 months old. 7 corals of soft and LPS with no fish right now (fishes got ich pulled out to QT)

also does anyone knows what is this on rock (picture)? that piece of rock from the coral seller has yuma mushroom attached to it. I didnt want to take coral off might damage tissue

 

[jsker]

May I asked what you are testing with? Hanna, Seifert etc?

 

[1112-425XL]

 

[00W]

Welcome Welcome to R2R!

 

[zheka757]

welcome to r2r!

 

[FrugalReefer]

 

[reefer369]

May I asked what you are testing with? Hanna, Seifert etc?

hanna marine master

 

[hexcolor reef]

Welcome to R2R, why do you want to raise Alk. All for Reef states once Alk levels hit 9kh and calcium mg, 440-1350 your good.
Mg is a little higher but at 1500 that’s spot on and calc is only 10pm above the statement

Also I just created a thread about dosing Alk to systems that aren’t fully stocked. If your corals are soaking up a lot of Alk or your tank isn’t over stocked with coral I wouldn’t start dosing Alk until one of those happen

 

[CoralB]

Welcome !!

 

[SPR1968]

You can dose whatever product you want, even make your own (much cheaper and basically the same) but only dose what’s needed after testing and your current alkalinity is fine.

So with all the elements only add them when you’ve tested and found they are needed and then just adjust as necessary.

And welcome to Reef2Reef!

 

[TinyReefObsession]

Welcome to R2R!!!

 

[kevgib67]

Welcome, glad you are here! The little object on the rock looks like a vermatid snail. You can super glue the opening.

 

[shakacuz]

welcome aboard the r2r board!

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

 

[reefer369]

Welcome to R2R, why do you want to raise Alk. All for Reef states once Alk levels hit 9kh and calcium mg, 440-1350 your good.
Mg is a little higher but at 1500 that’s spot on and calc is only 10pm above the statement

Also I just created a thread about dosing Alk to systems that aren’t fully stocked. If your corals are soaking up a lot of Alk or your tank isn’t over stocked with coral I wouldn’t start dosing Alk until one of those happen

I was just thinking about balancing them out. also I will add more corals somewhere next month, around 6-7 more maybe. But for now I'll listen to your guys and keep those number just like that.
tks

 

[reefer369]

Welcome, glad you are here! The little object on the rock looks like a vermatid snail. You can super glue the opening.

how bad could it be? will it spreads out of control and crash the tank?

 

[Troylee]

how bad could it be? will it spreads out of control and crash the tank?

Welcome! Those snails do spread like crazy but won’t crash a tank! What they do, is irritate corals by shooting out webs and catching food..

 

[kevgib67]

Best to deal with it now before it spreads. If you start getting a lot get some bumblebee snails. After adding bumblebee snails I have not seen any in my tank in over a year.

 

[zoolan70]

You should be fine using any Alk source. Just dose slow and test as you go to make sure you don't reach an accidental precipitation level.

 

[Jimbhoy13]

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