Direction to go with Dosing

[Lostoften]

Looking for some thoughts/experiences on what has worked well. I have a newer (less than 6 months) Red Sea 625 that I currently monitor via apex w/ trident.

I just added a fair amount of corals, and am worried that water changes alone wont be enough to keep them happy. My tank appears to be on the lower end of KH and PH limits, but Ca and Mg are fine.

For simplicity, add the red sea 4 part dosing? Although, it looks like it bases the dose off of Calcium which is already where expected?

Or manually dose BRS two part, and maybe eventually via Apex Dos system? I believe this route would be able to make changes based on trident readings?

Current parameters:
Temp: 79.8 (apex) RedSea and Inkbird both measure 1-2 degrees lower
pH: 7.94
ORP: 338
NO3: 6
PO4: 0.03
Alk: 7.73
Ca: 492
MG: 1365

PO4/NO3 are both likely higher as managing green hair algae outbreak.

Appreciate the insights/guidance.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

As a first thing to dose, Tropic Marin All For Reef is the easiest way to go and will work fine. If you are at 7.7 dKH without any dosing, then it won't take much.

 

[Lostoften]

Thanks, on order. If this raises the alkalinity, will it also slightly bump up pH? Average is 7.88 with range of 7.76 to 8.06 over the last week.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Thanks, on order. If this raises the alkalinity, will it also slightly bump up pH? Average is 7.88 with range of 7.76 to 8.06 over the last week.

No, All for reef does not raise pH.