Need help dosing and what to get

[Born2beblack]

Hello everyone
1 year old tank
Havent done test today i do them in a few hours close to lights off. But about 5ppm of cal,15ppm of mag and .1 of alk is consumed a day
Parameters read as of march 7
Salinity - 1.025
Temp - 79
pH - 7.9
Alkalinity - 7.5
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate - 20ppm
Calcium - 450ppm
Magnesium- 1425ppm
Cant check Phosphate. Amazon got me tripping might have to buy a second.

Okay so i wanna start dosing. I know how much my tank consumes and needs, i also dose aminos right now.
I am doing a 10% water change every 3 days to keep parameters in check. So yea dosing makes more sense i just need someone to tell me what i need.
I want alk cal and mag along with some essential reef builder elements besides aminos.
I need some to tell me what they use or to buy as i go to the store and they just throw the kitchen sink at me and dont explain what i need to do. I can reserch but ive already miss bought 2 types of dosing additives and its created me a bigger mess as they didnt sell me dhk and i shot that up trying to balance my mag and cal.
So please just give me a pack to buy. Red sea has one but i see so many boxes which do i want.
Aquaforest is to hard for me to get or id do there 123. Esc has a 2 partsnd i do have there mag already but i dont see many using it long term and end switching to 123 or RS

 

[Born2beblack]

Edit
Esv has a 2 part and i di have there mag.

 

[BlennyTime]

I use Red Sea foundations, and they work well and are easy to dose. There are 3 supplements, A-Calcium, B-Alkalinity and C-Magnesium. Each bottle has a dosing chart that tells you how much to dose to raise each by a certain amount per volume of water. You can buy them as pre-mixed liquids (what I use), or as powder to mix yourself.

You would use those supplements, look at the chart and compare it to the usage that you are seeing to come up with a daily dose.

You then would start dosing and testing every day for a week, to get a baseline. After that, you can test every few days and adjust the dosing as needed.

 

[vetteguy53081]

EVS is very popular and user friendly. I would also level off your readings before moving forward.
Alk low
mag high
Zero ammonia/nitrate seems off. (I assume youre using API test kits)

temp 77-79
ph 8.1-8.3
salinity 1.025
Nitrate < .05
Phos < .04
ammonia < .03
mag 1300
CA 440
alk 8-9

 

[Born2beblack]

EVS is very popular and user friendly. I would also level off your readings before moving forward.
Alk low
mag high
Zero ammonia/nitrate seems off. (I assume youre using API test kits)

temp 77-79
ph 8.1-8.3
salinity 1.025
Nitrate < .05
Phos < .04
ammonia < .03
mag 1300
CA 440
alk 8-9

I use salifert
Probs has o.1 or so idk i just put down zero as idk the exact one but im aware there is presence of all elements.
Okay so i do appreciate the mag and alk point.
Alk i know is a little low as i havent done a water change and itll even back to about 8. Now mag i keep it highh cause my buddie has a nice tank, grows like crazy and he keeps his mag and alk realky high. He use aquaforest which i cant get on hand as easy as him so im struggling now for help as hes my guy for most my reef stuff

 

[Born2beblack]

I use Red Sea foundations, and they work well and are easy to dose. There are 3 supplements, A-Calcium, B-Alkalinity and C-Magnesium. Each bottle has a dosing chart that tells you how much to dose to raise each by a certain amount per volume of water. You can buy them as pre-mixed liquids (what I use), or as powder to mix yourself.

You would use those supplements, look at the chart and compare it to the usage that you are seeing to come up with a daily dose.

You then would start dosing and testing every day for a week, to get a baseline. After that, you can test every few days and adjust the dosing as needed.

Im gonna try them out
Thanks for the advice
I should be able to stable my tank more with some time and some additives
It sucks up elements alot now manly my brain, favia and birdsnest i guess they got big.
I also make sure i test each day i have no alage now lol and happy fish good growth i just wanna make sure this continues and a 25% water change evey 2 to 3 days isnt possible anymore.
Thank you for the help

 

[Born2beblack]

This is his 9 month old tank

He aint new to this so ive been coping his parameters but it easier said then done obviously.
He runs 1400 plus mag he says
And high alk like 9 i think he said
Im trying to shoot things up but eith out slowly dosing i cant get to those numbers
My cal is spot on