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02-11-2010, 10:14 PM
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So after my latest dose here are my results:
Mg: 1200 PPM Ca: Between 400-420 kH:100 PPM (5.6dkH So Im gonna dose some more I guess. Still a bit low from where I wanna be which is: Mg: 1350 Ca: 415-435 kH: 9-10 dkH 
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02-11-2010, 10:28 PM
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How would you dose?
Hey guys,
ok so my magnesium seems to be ok-ish and so Im going to focus on my Alk and Calcium readings especially since my calcium product does does some magnesium and so Im going to try to get them to change as follows: Calcium from 400 PPM to 435 PPM Alk from 5.6 dkH to 10 dkH So I punched in my products (Seachem Reef Advantage Calcium dry and regular baking soda) into the calculator and it suggests dosing as follows: 13.3 teaspoons of calcium 21.2 teaspoons of baking soda Now it says not to dose all at once, especially the baking soda, because it will effect my pH. So I just wanna know how you guys would dose this amount into your tank? Im thinking of dosing it over 4 days, baking soda first of course, so just quarter the amounts and test half way through to double check its effecting things as I anticipated. What do you think? Last edited by Eb0la11; 02-11-2010 at 10:42 PM.
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02-13-2010, 11:00 PM
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Ok after my 2nd of 4 doses of the following:
3 teaspoons (6 total now) of Caclium 5 teaspoons (10 total now) of Baking Soda here are my readings: Magnesium: 1250 Calcium: Between 380-400 Alkalinity: Between 120-130 So that's about what I was expecting. I'll add two more doses of the above over 2 days and retest.
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02-17-2010, 03:00 AM
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Ok so now my levels after my completion of dosing (or so I thought) are:
Ca: <420 Mg: 1250 Kh: <140 pH remains stable from other readings between 8.1 and 8.3 though I still want a new test kit for this since its hard to read the colour it produces. So I am going to dose the following again to raise kH and Ca: 5 teaspoons Baking Soda 3 teaspoons Calcium
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02-23-2010, 08:22 PM
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Ok, readings after 5 days since my last dosing:
Mg: 1150 PPM Ca: 400 Kh: 110 Ammonia: 0 Nitrite:0 Nitrate: Real close to 0 Salinity: 1.027 So I'll add some 5 more teaspoons of baking soda, 3 more teaspoons of calcium and 5 capfuls of magnesium. So far my corals are just eating this stuff up. Things are looking real good in the tank. Only one coral isn't doing well and that is an SPS that hasnt ever really been doing that well. Im not sure if it'll recover. Other than that everything looks great. Duncans are fully open and look beautiful! Last edited by Eb0la11; 02-23-2010 at 09:25 PM.
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03-14-2010, 10:26 PM
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Ok, tests after I went away for 2 weeks and my room mate was watching the tank. He dosed twice while I was gone.
Mg: 1250 ppm Ca: 360 ppm kH: 110 ppm (6.14 dkH) So to get up to these levels: Mg: 1350 Ca: 435 kH: 180 ppm (10 dkH) I need to dose the following: 28.5 teaspoons of my calcium product 18.6 teaspoons of baking soda so I'm going to do this over 3 days so I'm dosing 9 teaspoons of calcium per day and 6 baking soda. Last edited by Eb0la11; 03-14-2010 at 10:31 PM.
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