How I figured out my usage was to get my numbers where I wanted them. I was using BRS additives for Alk, Ca and Mg, so I went on their site and used their calculator. Once everything was stable, and that took about a week, I stopped all dosing but tested everyday at the same time for a few days. You have to stop dosing and monitor it once you get it right to find out what your tank is using.
Now I new fairly closely what my daily consumption was. I then went back to the BRS calculator, boosted my numbers back where I wanted them and set up my timers and dosing pumps to dose what I needed daily.
It still took a bit of tweaking in the following weeks. Especially with how corals reacted with the stability, and the growth, I had to keep boosting my dosing to keep up.
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