Dialing in dose

[Anirban]

Yeah...just let it sit the whole day. We will see in the evening.

 

[ken77]

I will. Have a good day I will talk to you tonight.

 

[Whisker Biscuit]

Try to match your tank levels to the levels of your salt mix. Of course choose a salt that has the Ca and Alk levels you want. I use reef crystals. Take measurements everyday at around the same time. Use the reef calculator at the link below to determine how much to dose to bring your levels to where you want them. I hand dosed every day for a month until I was certain that I knew my tanks consumption on a daily basis. Then I hooked up my doser (Jebao sp?)and let it go from there and went back to my usual weekly test schedule.

http://reef.diesyst.com/chemcalc/chemcalc.html

 

[ken77]

Good evening
So good news is i got my fluid for the hana checkeker in this afternoon.
Here are the results.
Alk 7.56 with checker
Ca 420
And the darn mg 1470
I do not understand my Mg.

 

[Anirban]

Dose 75 ml Alk and wait....

 

[ken77]

Ok i will. Dose 75 in the morning too? Any ideas as to what is going on with the mg?

 

[Anirban]

Read and if its below 7.5 then dose.

 

[ken77]

Ok have good Easter. I will talk to you tomorrow night.

 

[Anirban]

Have a great easter too...enjoy.

 

[ken77]

Alk was 7.78 this morning so I did not dose anything. I will let it just sit for for today and let you know tonight.

 

[spscrackhead]

Guys I gotta ask does @Anirban work for aquaforrest or something? If so this is some crazy customer service!
If not, Ken you need to pay this man! Lol Tons of help here.

 

[Anirban]

Lol..Thanks. I am just a reefer chosen by Aquaforest to help out others. I don't work for them but I generally try to help people who have issues with the method. I try my best to help any reefer as far my knowledge goes.

 

[ken77]

I know he is fantastic without his help i would have given up by now.
Cant say thanks enough.

 

[spscrackhead]

15 pages of helping someone dial in their dosing.... Is intense! Aquaforest needs to send you some nice stuff!

 

[ken77]

Good evening @Anirban
I hope you had a great easter Sunday. I got to go ses my elderly parents. I was a good day.
Here is what i got for test results for today.
Alk 7.62
Ca 425
And Mg is still 1470.

 

[Anirban]

Yeah, took my wife out for lunch and then went for a long drive.
Just add 50 ml Alk and test in morning. Enjoy your evening.

 

[ken77]

You too thanks.

 

[ken77]

Good evening @Anirban
My alk was 7.17 this morning so I dosed 50 mls of alk.
Here is what everything tested at tonight.
Alk 7
Ca 380
Mg 1425
Do you think I should do a water change tomorrow? I have not done one since I not done one since 3- 19

 

[ken77]

Yikes just noticed my red sertosa does not look good all of a sudden.

 

[Anirban]

Oops .....I think the Alk dipped too much. Ok, lets play this game in another way. Change 10% water tomorrow and also prepare a liter of Alk and Ca like earlier. Then after water change read all 3. After that hook up Alk and Ca to your doser and dose 100 ml Alk and 50ml Ca for a day. Try to spread the dose all through the day and dose them at least 15 minute from each other. Read again after 12 and 24 hour.
For now dose 100 ml Alk and 50 ml Ca with 30 min difference. Also try to lower down your light intensity.