Quick dosing question help!

[Spiderguardnano]

How's it going guys so I've been trying to get my cal up for the past week it seems to be staying around 390 even dosing 5ml a day

I was looking at brs dosing calculator and it suggest like 522ml

My stats are

85g tank
Desired cal 450
Current 390
Using b ionic 2 part



Should I dose the 522ml to get to 450 then try to hold it there by daily dosing or what do you guys suggest?

 

[sinekal]

Yes, if that's what the calculator is saying that's the target dose and exact approach. Dose up to your desired level then stabilize. I would break the increase up to your desired level out over multiple days

 

[Myka]

I've never used B-Ionic ...is it really that weak? All the liquid products I've used have been more concentrated than that. Having said that, I would start by adding no more than 25% of the calculator dose and retest. Certainly you need much more than 5mL to make a difference though.

As a side note, 450 ppm is quite a high target. I keep my SPS tank at 410 ppm.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Two parts are generally less concentrated than pure calcium additives because the alk part limits the solubility and hence the concentration of equal parts products.

 

[71xlch]

Why chase numbers? Your tank sits at 390. That is almost natural salt water. Don't waste time chasing and trying to force a number you have chosen on your tank. My .02

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

This Helped me.
You need to balance both cal and alk.
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2002/11/chemistry
As Randy suggests in the article its lilkeley not out of balance unless yove been dosing un equally.

this is a good real time visualisation of the process using balanced additives. Look under dosing and real life scenario.
https://joejaworski.wordpress.com/