Hi everyone so I have had a 60 gallon for the last couple of months and my corals just haven’t really grown much and now one of my hammers just lost two of its heads today and I’ve never dosed and I’m thinking that that may be the problem I try to do a 5-10 gallon water change every 1-2 weeks.
Dosing for the first time
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Thor2j
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Have you tested your alkalinity, mg, and calcium??
No way to tell usage unless you check.
Besides that, highly doubt lps and softies are overcoming your bi weekly water changes and usage of the components. Unless you have a lot of them .
In my opinion your water changes should be closer to 20-25% but once again testing will tell you where u really stand .
Phil D.
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Have you been doing any testing? Your Ca should be around 460-480, Alk at 8-12Dkh and Mag at 1200-1500. I have a Red Sea E-260 where DT is 69 gallons and sump is 12 gallons. I dose every three days and do a 4 gallon change every week. My Corals are very happy and growing like weeds. My Ca is 480, Alk is 9.7 and Mag is 1450.
Matt Carden
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Do you have testing kits for KH, Ca, Mg? What brand?
