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[jsker]

Yes, and I know you are going to ask how much.

Do you have a doser?

I think your tank is 58 Gal ??

If you have a doser I would suggest starting with 8 ml daily, dived into 8 doses of each. You base your doses off of the alk level that you want to maintain.

 

[domination2580]

Yes, and I know you are going to ask how much.

Do you have a doser?

I think your tank is 58 Gal ??

If you have a doser I would suggest starting with 8 ml daily, dived into 8 doses of each. You base your doses off of the alk level that you want to maintain.

I don't have a doser yet... and its a 55 gallon. [emoji4]

 

[domination2580]

Ok so a few questions for you. When using af components 123+ and u do a water change....if the mag is a bit higher in the new water how will it effect the dosing? Also how much should I start off by dosing? I would love to start tonight. My calcium dropped by 25, alk dropped from 1.6,
Mag dropped by 30..
@jsker,
@120reefkeeper
@Anirban

 

[domination2580]

Sorry was going to do 8 ml at one point according to @jsker reccomendation but had some thing come up with life....i now have tested and gotten the results down to the earlier posted

 

[jsker]

Ok so a few questions for you. When using af components 123+ and u do a water change....if the mag is a bit higher in the new water how will it effect the dosing? Also how much should I start off by dosing? I would love to start tonight. My calcium dropped by 25, alk dropped from 1.6,
Mag dropped by 30..
@jsker,
@120reefkeeper
@Anirban

Increase or decrease the dose according to your alk number and nothing else. I do not test my parameters until two day after a water change and just before the water change. Then I can see if my number and steading, falling, or rising before the new water change. I make my adjustment accordingly. Have you purchased a auto doser yet? There are some inexpensive doser that work quite well and this will make dosing some much more consistent and easier.

 

[domination2580]

Increase or decrease the dose according to your alk number and nothing else. I do not test my parameters until two day after a water change and just before the water change. Then I can see if my number and steading, falling, or rising before the new water change. I make my adjustment accordingly. Have you purchased a auto doser yet? There are some inexpensive doser that work quite well and this will make dosing some much more consistent and easier.

Working on that still unfortunately

 

[domination2580]

So should I still do the 8 ml?

 

[jsker]

So should I still do the 8 ml?

Are you dosing 8ml daily? or 8ml in intervals spread out through the day?

 

[domination2580]

Are you dosing 8ml daily? or 8ml in intervals spread out through the day?

Daily...

 

[jsker]

Daily...

Then I would suggest to bump up the dose to 10ml daily, wait two days before testing. Test for two days straight to see if you have a fall or rise in alk, then adjust up or down with your dosing to reach your desired alk.

 

[domination2580]

So I did 8 ml each, and alk went from 6.9 to 8.4...calcium rose from 390 to 405,

 

[domination2580]

Mag from 1350 to 1380

 

[domination2580]

Why wait for 2 days before testing

 

[domination2580]

If I'm doing daily dosing then why wait 2 days to see if it is falling or rising?

 

[domination2580]

I'm thinking that if the nitrates don't start coming down I'll hook the big reactor up to the st with life bio fill and siporax...

 

[domination2580]

What would you think for lowering my nitrates? Bigger reactor with more media? Siporax and life bio ?
@jsker @120reefkeeper @Anirban

 

[120reefkeeper]

What would you think for lowering my nitrates? Bigger reactor with more media? Siporax and life bio ?
@jsker @120reefkeeper @Anirban

I agree with that [emoji6]

 

[domination2580]

Ok guys, I tested two nights ago, I believe 2 days after I started dosing 123+ was a bit short so increased from 8 to 10 ml daily as @jsker recommended, tested tonight, my alk is 7, cal 400

 

[domination2580]

Mag 1365

 

[domination2580]

Might increase to 12 ml to see where I end up.