Dosing calcium

[brycenelson]

Hey guys I have been dosing alkalinity and magnesium for a couple months now and I tested my calcium last night and it was running a little low 390 and I was wondering how to dose it. I know people love kalkwasser and calcium reactors but that’s just not realistic for my 55 gallon tank. I was looking into tropic marine all for reef because it would eliminate all the other dosing I have to do (also would be cheaper) any insight will help

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Hey guys I have been dosing alkalinity and magnesium for a couple months now and I tested my calcium last night and it was running a little low 390 and I was wondering how to dose it. I know people love kalkwasser and calcium reactors but that’s just not realistic for my 55 gallon tank. I was looking into tropic marine all for reef because it would eliminate all the other dosing I have to do (also would be cheaper) any insight will help

You have been dosing magnesium for months, without dosing calcium? Magnesium consumption is always proportional to calcium consumption and is about 1/10th of the calcium consumption.

Many methods work great. I’d suggest some sort of two part system, or a one part such as all for reef.