Math Help!

[HarryHarambe]

Hey guys!

I was wondering if someone could help me with some math. Or more accurately make sure that I am doing it correctly.

I want to dose Alk in my tank. I want to try and keep my number some where around 9.8ish. I was away for two days and just check my Alk today an its at 8.8 and thats with a Hanna tester. I have the Red Sea Reef Foundation kit and their website says that 1ml of their Alk supplement will per 25g will raise the Alk by 0.1dKh.

My tank is a 20 gallon so the math I did would mean that I would add around 9ml to the tank? Dose that sound right?

I have never dose before because many people said that I wont need to with a tank this small because my water changes would be enough but recently my corals have been failing and WWC said i should be dosing. ANY and ALL help is so appreciated! Thanks in advance guys!

 

[Crabs McJones]

Bulk reef supply has a calculator on their website you can use. You put what your alk is at and what you want it to be and what you're dosing and it'll tell you how much.

https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/reef-calculator/

 

[nautical_nathaniel]

20/25 = 0.8 or 80% volume of 25 gallons.

1.0 mL * 0.8 = 0.8 mL to raise 20 gallon tank by 0.1 dkh

1.0 dkh difference / 0.1 = 10 so 10 * 0.8 ml = 8 mL of alk additive.

 

[HarryHarambe]

Thank you so much!!! lol

 

[HarryHarambe]

Bulk reef supply has a calculator on their website you can use. You put what your alk is at and what you want it to be and what you're dosing and it'll tell you how much.

https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/reef-calculator/

I tried that but they dont have the Red Sea Alk product on the drop down list.

 

[Fizzicks]

BRS calculator doesn't have RS products on it.

If you have a 20 gallon tank youre going to dose .8ml to increase the Dkh by .1

If you want to increase your DKh by 1 you need to do .8ml*10=8ml

 

[dylana407]

20/25 = 0.8 or 80% volume of 25 gallons.

1.0 mL * 0.8 = 0.8 mL to raise 20 gallon tank by 0.1 dkh

1.0 dkh difference / 0.1 = 10 so 10 * 0.8 ml = 8 mL of alk additive.

A+

 

[nautical_nathaniel]

A+

Can you call my Graduate Advisor and tell them I can do math well and deserve my degree?? ;Hilarious