i can see a couple spots of the green coralline from a frag i got, tanks 3 months old so i dont know what could even be consuming 20 mg of calcium in 2 days ive been testing for weeks and everything has been fine
alk stays put at 9
i havent even had the chance to seed mine with purple pink coralline, and i always thought as long as alk was within range i can dose calcium alone
I'll add .5 mg of alk in a few hours if it seems off, thanks dude
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my alk is still sitting at 9, unless it takes longer to lose it after a calcium dose
Don’t waste your money on seeding, just scrape some off a frag or a snail shell whatever has some on it and crush it up and pour it in front of a power head, it’ll seed itself
Test all your parems (mag, calc, alk). Dose to the desired numbers you’re wanting (within 1dkh alk 20 calc in 24 hours to reduce stress). Then test again in 4 days and divide the numbers and youll have a daily usage. ( this is what redsea recommends)..then test weekly or whatever you’re comfortable with. My dosages are changing as my corals/coralline grows.
You’ll probably need a knife or something rigid to scrape it off, toothbrush likely won’t do it. When I did it I just scraped some off a shell into a shot glass with tank water and crushed it up, turned off my overflow and dumped it in front of a power head and let it circulate for like 5 mins..it’s growing everywhere now. Took maybe a week or 2 to see any noticeable spots when I did it.
It did for me too when I started, I tested daily just to make sure I wasn’t messing it up.that sounds like a plan thank you, for some reason dosing just gives me this anxiety like im gonna kill something, but this doesnt seem so crazy
