Dosing Reef Pro Complete AB

[leighton.bingham]

Here are my tank parameters I have a 110.4 waterbox. Very light bioload. My question is with the Calcium and ALK. It seems like the higher my ALK gets the lower my Calc gets. Is this normal? Also, As I read the bottle of the Reef Pro Complete, is says 1mL should raise your Calc 12ppm or 7.5mL per every 25gals. So I was dosing 30mL and didn't see anything move with my Calc. SO I upped it to 60mL and the Calc moved from 350 to 390. Should I increase the dose even more?

link to what I dose. https://reefprostore.com/products/reef-pro-complete-ab

Also my Mag is all over the place not sure why that's happening.


Alk 9 dose 11ml Red Sea alk
Cal 380 dose 12ml reef pro part a
Mag 1600 no water change
Salinity 1.026
Ph 8.2
18 Nov 22
Pospahtes 0
Nitrates .25

Alk 9.8 dose 11ml Red Sea alk yesterday
Cal 350 dose 30ml reef pro part a
Mag 1320no water change
Salinity 1.026
Ph 8.4
19 Nov 22
Pospahtes 0.02
Nitrates .0

Alk 9.5
Cal 390 dose 60ml reef pro part a
Mag 1320no water change
Salinity 1.026
Ph 8.4
20 Nov 22
Pospahtes 0.02
Nitrates .0

Alk 9.5
Cal 380 dose 60ml reef pro part a
Mag 1520 no water change
Salinity 1.026
Ph 8.4
21 Nov 22
Pospahtes 0.02
Nitrates .0

Thanks for any input. Hopefully there is enough information. If not I can provide more.

 

[blaxsun]

The first thing I'd ask is what are you using for testing kits? It might be worth running a test (if you haven't already) with a different testing kit brand just to verify your testing results. I does alkalinity, calcium and magnesium separately just to be able to fine-tune my dosing to achieve the desired levels.

 

[leighton.bingham]

The first thing I'd ask is what are you using for testing kits? It might be worth running a test (if you haven't already) with a different testing kit brand just to verify your testing results. I does alkalinity, calcium and magnesium separately just to be able to fine-tune my dosing to achieve the desired levels.

I’m using the Red Sea foundations test kit. I’ll have to pick up some hannah testers.

 

[blaxsun]

I’m using the Red Sea foundations test kit. I’ll have to pick up some hannah testers.

Or even just a different titration kit, ie: AF, Nyos, Salifert. Sometimes you'll see a variance even between two of the same testing kits.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

SO I upped it to 60mL and the Calc moved from 350 to 390. Should I increase the dose even more?

I would, yes.

 

[leighton.bingham]

I would, yes.

Thank you!

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Just to be clear, I'd dose more, but not necessarily a larger amount than last time if calcium rose significantly. Just keep dosing until it gets to the 420 ppm range, then monitor.

 

[leighton.bingham]

Just to be clear, I'd dose more, but not necessarily a larger amount than last time if calcium rose significantly. Just keep dosing until it gets to the 420 ppm range, then monitor.

Rgr that! I split the dose into two separate doses. One in the morning and one in the evening, 70mL total.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

OK, let's see what happens going forward.

 

[leighton.bingham]

OK, let's see what happens going forward.

So I got a Reasea 4 head doser and was dosing the exact amount I was manually, but now my Cal is at 500. I keep backing the dose down. Is something like this normal?

My Alk is moving between 8.7 and 9.5, and my Salinity is 1.025 (checked with a

Milwaukee Instruments Inc. - Digital Seawater Refractometer​

Calc and ALk are tested with Red Sea Foundations test kit.