BRS Dosage

[GeoHawk]

OK I am working on getting my system more stable and have run into some Ca/ ALk questions. I am now using a RKL to dose BRS recipe one. I am seeing the following changes in my ALK/Cal

12-22 KH 5 Ca 360 Mg 1350 ( I know this is bad, except the Mg and probably why my coral turned brown)
12-23 KH 6 Ca 390
12-24 KH 7 Ca 415
12-25 KH 8 Ca 410
12-26 KH 8 Ca 415 Mg 1380
12-27 KH 8 Ca 410

I have been adding 140 ml of Calcium solution every day since the 22nd
I have been adding 170 ml of soda ash every day since the 22nd
I have not been adding Magnesium

My question is that I have been adding about the same amount everyday trying to slowly bring my KH to 10 and my Ca to 435, but it seems that once I hit KH of 8 it stopped wanting to rise with the dose that BRS gives to raise it one KH. Ca stopped rising after it hit 415 3 days ago. Why is this happening? I am going to start using the dosage pumps tonight, because I am going to be out of town for the next 5 days. Should I set it up at what I have been putting in to try and raise it, hoping that it stays constant while Im gone? I could then try to finish raising it when I get back. Sorry for the questions. I thought I understood how to run my Ca/Alk and that I was just being lazy, but apparently I havn't been adding enough either.

Just so you know I have been testing the RKL and pumps with water and measuring it everyday to make sure it is consistent.

Thanks for the help in advance

 

[swannyson7]

While you're gone, I would keep the dosage at what you've been doing. I'd be weary of making any changes without being there to monitor the results. Once you get back, if you use the calculators on the BRS website, it will tell you how much you'll need to dose in order to reach the target levels.

REEF CALCULATOR - English

 

[GeoHawk]

Thanks! Ive been using the calculator to figure out what to add to raise it, but it has stopped? increasing. The recomended daily dosage is about 35 ml per day of each for my 70 gallon system. What ive been adding to try and raise it has kept it constant for 3 days. Should I go with the recomended or dadd what Ive been adding to try and raise it?