Parameters and dosing

[op6rigo]

Good evening all,

I have a 30 gallon all in one JBJ tank i currently have
1 clown (small)
1 cardinal fish (small)
1 trigger fish (small)
1 lawnmower blenny
1 blue damsel
5 snails
4 hermits
1 anemone
1 urchin
1 shrimp

I just bought the (red sea reef formula pro test kit) and i took tests and the results are
Magnesium: 1360 ppm
Calcium 350ppm
dkh: 11.2 4.0 meq/L

I have part A and part B (B-ionic)

Kent marine (tech M magnesium)

Reef builder (alkalinity kh raiser)

I need help on what to add to my tank for dosage. If anyone could help i would greatly appreciate it! Thanks

Anthony

 

[Diesel]

Not much as we speak.
First off your ALK is IMO on the high point 11.2 and your CAL is at the low point with 360.
What do you use to test? never mind just saw you pic
How often do you test?
Any corals in the tank?

If you like to know what and how much you need to dose you need first figure out what your consumption is.

 

[reeferfoxx]

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-05/rhf/ Shoot for those numbers and you'll know what to dose. You'll need to do trial water testing. Best way to do it is testing Ca once a day, Mg once a day, dKH and PH twice a day(morning and night) for 2 weeks while keeping a journal. If your number fall below the recommended range, begin dosing followed by.. more testing.

 

[Downbeach]

I commented on an earlier post.

 

[Waters]

Based on what I am seeing in your tank, I wouldn't dos anything. Normal water changes will be fine. if you want to raise some of the numbers for coral at some point, maybe think about switching salts to something that mixes at higher levels of Ca and lower Alk levels.