I am currently Dosing ATI Essentials pro and it seems to be working well. However, I am noticing that when dosing the two parts equally the calcium part is not keeping up.
For example, I am dosing 32ml of each, and if I keep my alk at 8, I want my calcium around 430 but it seems to drop to around 390/400 after a week.
At first, I thought it was because there may be inaccuracies in the dosing pumps but it's not that.
I am also dosing the ATI Nutrition part N which adds nitrates. This is designed to work with ATI Essentials pro but I read that dosing nitrates actually adds alk to your tank?
So could this be the reason that my calcium part is off? I am not dosing enough because the nitrates are actually boosting the alk?
If this is the case then you would think ATI would have provided some way to compensate for this in their dosing calculators but they just tell you to dose unequal amounts to make the calcium part meet your demand.
For example, I am dosing 32ml of each, and if I keep my alk at 8, I want my calcium around 430 but it seems to drop to around 390/400 after a week.
At first, I thought it was because there may be inaccuracies in the dosing pumps but it's not that.
I am also dosing the ATI Nutrition part N which adds nitrates. This is designed to work with ATI Essentials pro but I read that dosing nitrates actually adds alk to your tank?
So could this be the reason that my calcium part is off? I am not dosing enough because the nitrates are actually boosting the alk?
If this is the case then you would think ATI would have provided some way to compensate for this in their dosing calculators but they just tell you to dose unequal amounts to make the calcium part meet your demand.