calcium and magnesium
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I don't think so I manually dos my tank so but that a good question dho I should look it upcan calcium and magnesium be added to top-off water at the same time?
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W1ngz
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I'm going to go with no. I don't know exactly why, but every commercial or DIY dosing recipe I've ever seen always has alkalinity, calcium and magnesium separate.
If you're not dosing precise amounts daily either manually or with a doser, dosing from the topoff water isn't the best idea, as you never know how much is being dosed daily. If you're going to do anything, do the alkalinity that way as that is what drops the most each day, but try and only have it getting about half of what you think it needs daily to smooth out the swings and then do weekly corrections.
If you're not dosing precise amounts daily either manually or with a doser, dosing from the topoff water isn't the best idea, as you never know how much is being dosed daily. If you're going to do anything, do the alkalinity that way as that is what drops the most each day, but try and only have it getting about half of what you think it needs daily to smooth out the swings and then do weekly corrections.
W1ngz
Failed Padawan
ah... I found the 'why' from RHF of course.
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Combining calcium, magnesium & potassium
Hey there, I've been reading a bit on Red Sea's website and they say that for dosing via a dosing pump, their Reef Foundation A & C (calcium and magnesium) and Reef Colours B (Potassium and trace) can be combined. I've emailed them for instructions on how to do this (ratios etc), but I just...
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sp1187
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THANK YOU!ah... I found the 'why' from RHF of course.
Combining calcium, magnesium & potassium
Hey there, I've been reading a bit on Red Sea's website and they say that for dosing via a dosing pump, their Reef Foundation A & C (calcium and magnesium) and Reef Colours B (Potassium and trace) can be combined. I've emailed them for instructions on how to do this (ratios etc), but I just...
