All for reef.

[Notsolostfish]

Iv been using all for reef for almost a year now. My question is i know at the beginning when u dose it there’s a bacteria that you need to wait on for the alk to show up and build. But what about when your system starts using more alk, and calcium and u need to increase your dose? Do you also have to wait a week after increasing the dosage for alk to show up?

 

[Reefer Matt Verified Media Partner]

Iv been using all for reef for almost a year now. My question is i know at the beginning when u dose it there’s a bacteria that you need to wait on for the alk to show up and build. But what about when your system starts using more alk, and calcium and u need to increase your dose? Do you also have to wait a week after increasing the dosage for alk to show up?

Yes, the dosage should be increased to maintain alk. If it is lower, adjust alk up first with sodium bicarbonate or sodium carbonate. Then adjust All For Reef accordingly to keep it there.

 

[Notsolostfish]

Yes, the dosage should be increased to maintain alk. If it is lower, adjust alk up first with sodium bicarbonate or sodium carbonate. Then adjust All For Reef accordingly to keep it there.

I understand what my question is when i increase all for reef does the alk show immediately? Or it needs a week to show like when i started using it initially to build that bacteria in it

 

[TangerineSpeedo]

I think @Lou Ekus said it was like 24 hours. But in reality you wouldn’t want to shock your system anyway. I personally would just boost it 5ml at a time, unless your system is small or large and I would adjust according to that. AFR is concentrated so let call it a 10-20% increase on your initial dosage.

 

[Notsolostfish]

I think @Lou Ekus said it was like 24 hours. But in reality you wouldn’t want to shock your system anyway. I personally would just boost it 5ml at a time, unless your system is small or large and I would adjust according to that. AFR is concentrated so let call it a 10-20% increase on your initial dosage.

Yeah i increased from 35ml to 40 thats all

 

[crazyfishmom]

I use AFR in all my tanks. If your parameters are where you like them, you start to dose based on number of gallons a day. The dose should increase if you’re seeing alkalinity go down, stay the same if it’s staying steady and go down if increasing. It’s pretty simple. You’ll start to see the impact of alkalinity in about 6-12 hours after adding it to your system but the beauty of it is that it is released over time and not all at once.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Not a week. But also not immediately. I’d measure 24 h after dosing if the goal is to see if the dose needs to be changed.

 

[areefer01]

I understand what my question is when i increase all for reef does the alk show immediately? Or it needs a week to show like when i started using it initially to build that bacteria in it

No. It isn't immediately seen as noted above. In my system (about 240 total gallons) it can take anywhere between 12 and 36 hours. Every system is different of course.