Need help and advice with starting AF

[Keele]

Hello,
I am wanting to start using AF products. I have a Red Sea Reefer 450 (92g/24g sump), 100 lbs of Caribsea life rock and 60 lbs of sand.

Fish: 2 leopard wrasse, 2 McCoskers flasher wrasse, yellow clown goby, diamond goby, purple firefish, and tailspot blenny.

Corals: Duncan, hammer coral, acan, salmon digitata, neon undata, and blasto

I have bought the following AF products: Reef salt, Bio S, ProBio S, NP Pro, Carbon, Phosphate Minus, ZeoMix, Amino Mix, Vitality, Build, Energy, Power food, Ricco Food and Component 1+, 2+, 3+.

I would like to keep SPS and LPS mix. Any advice on how to get started, dosing, etc would be greatly appreciated.

Oh and with last tests on Sunday were, Nitrates-4ppm, Phosphates .50 (both taken with Red Sea), ALK-7.1, Ca-405, Mg-1400 (taken with AF test kits), Potassium-400 (Salifert)

If any other information is needed please let me know.

 

[Anirban]

How old is the system?
What are your filtration methods...like socks, skimmer, siporax/matrix

 

[Keele]

How old is the system?
What are your filtration methods...like socks, skimmer, siporax/matrix

Im sorry: Filter socks, Reef octopus skimmer (intake hose leading to outside), BRS 2 part, and at the beginning I was running GFO, but haven't for about 3 months. Also have a marinepure block.
System is 7 months old.

 

[Anirban]

Ok, start doing 10% water change with the reef salt. Dose Bio S and NP pro as recommended for 14 days and then shift to dosing Pro bio S. If you are dosing any other bacterial supplement and carbon source then stop that.

 

[Keele]

Ok, start doing 10% water change with the reef salt. Dose Bio S and NP pro as recommended for 14 days and then shift to dosing Pro bio S. If you are dosing any other bacterial supplement and carbon source then stop that.

Ok, thank you!

 

[Keele]

Couple of questions. Do I wait till after the 14 days to start dosing the Amino, Build, Energy and Vitality? Also with the Components 1+, 2+, 3+ do I dose those like I would 2-part by figuring out how much is depleted each day? Or only dose when I notice a depletion? And do I start them now or also wait till after the initial 14 days? Thanks in advance.

 

[Anirban]

Couple of questions. Do I wait till after the 14 days to start dosing the Amino, Build, Energy and Vitality? Also with the Components 1+, 2+, 3+ do I dose those like I would 2-part by figuring out how much is depleted each day? Or only dose when I notice a depletion? And do I start them now or also wait till after the initial 14 days? Thanks in advance.

You dont dose them unless your nutrients are under control or you really need nutrient in the tank. You dose 123 based on you Alk depletion. So, just keep dosing based on how much alk is depleted in a day and then slowly work upto a dose where its stabilise where you want it.

 

[Keele]

You dont dose them unless your nutrients are under control or you really need nutrient in the tank. You dose 123 based on you Alk depletion. So, just keep dosing based on how much alk is depleted in a day and then slowly work upto a dose where its stabilise where you want it.

Thanks again!