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11-16-2011, 05:15 PM
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What would you do? Again with the x@#^*! Dosing
Needless to say, I am !@^&%#X choked right now. I just tested the para's for the first time since WC on sat. They have dropped from
ALK 9>7 CA 390>300 MG 1350=1350 Sal 1.026-<1.0265 I'm dosing, after a considerable drop from the last time I was whining about this..., 92 ml's of CA into 55 gal for rate of 1.67ml per gal 88 ml's of ALK into 55 gal for rate of 1.6ml per gal Logic tells me to up the doses... but when I was dosing at a higher rate, the CA could not be maintained. So it had to be precipitating? As well the salinity was going up weekly due to the amount of supplements being added....so why add more. I am honestly sick of &$^&#$%^ around with this, as it is a huge pain in the #%# & not fun or even the slightest bit interesting anymore. If I can't get this straightened out, I'm thinking of packing it in with this tank, & definitely reconsidering setting up a bigger one. As I have little to no faith that it will be any less of a pain in the @$@#. If anyone has anymore suggestions, I would love to hear them. 
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11-16-2011, 05:57 PM
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reefers best has 420ca and 11dkh alk so i doubt a 10% WC is causing your problem, i am dosing 60ml/d ca and 80ml/d alk using Randys 2 part instructions in a 90 gal lps reef and my params are very steady ca 430 alk 9dkh, could your test kits be screwing with you? what kind are they?how are you mixing your chems? i've used BRS chems with no probs, i always follow Randys 2 part recipe when mixing and bake the baking soda if not using soda ash for alk(baking the baking soda turns it into soda ash)which has a higher ph.
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11-16-2011, 06:07 PM
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are you dosing into an area of high flow?
how much time do you leave between dosing calcium and alkalinity? You cant dose both at once.
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11-16-2011, 06:15 PM
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the brs recipe is basically the same as Randys, personnally i've had bad experiences with hanna checkers, but i have used elos and feel it is a good test kit, i use salifert and red sea now.
are u dosing all at once or using dosing pumps, dosing all at once can cause precip and dosing diff chems at the same time can cause probs to
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11-16-2011, 06:09 PM
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I would have to agree aswell that a 10% WC would not effect the CA that much in a 55g tank, perhaps your sps is sucking your systems dose down. You should dose some more calcium to your system to maintain the proper levels. I currently run a 75g sps system and I am dosing 1 teaspoon of calcium powder every 2-3 days diluted in 1 liter of rodi. I dunno what that equates to with your current 2 part but it's alot of calcium.
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11-16-2011, 07:57 PM
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I guess your tank must be pretty full of SPS because I dose about 50ml per day in my 75 gallons and I have a lot of SPS and a clam and I don't do that many water changes. I use BRS 2 part and a marine magic dosing pump. Things are good and stable for over a month now.
If you have a full SPS tank, maybe you should look into a calcium reactor and the same for the alkalinity so that it won't raise your salinity. KH of 7 is more than enough, and I would not go higher than 8 for a SPS tank espacially with a low nitrates level. Quote:
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