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Ok start by saying thanks to all that will reply.
Perameter
1.026
Dkh 8
Ca 490
Mag 1500
Ph 8.2
No3 0
Px 0
Ammonia 0
I dose manually now 15ml of coral up B of Dkh do to it dropping off fast and dose 17ml of Kent coral vite for trace minerals was doing 5 gal water changes weekly to my 85gal total water volume including rock sand ECT.
Run reef octopus skimmer classic mag 12 return n refugium n t5 led combo
Just purchased a jeabo 4 channel doser n brs soda ash for Dkh n Ca n mag from brs too
Question is do I dose the same for both dkh n Ca even though the only perameter I have a problem with is alk staying at 8 I have read you should dose both but not at the same time. Will dosing ca cause it to rise my levels of ca dageriously high?what should I run intervals at for dosing. All at over or flip flop.(example 1ml dkh wait a hr 1ml ca wait hour repeat till desired amount)New to dosing have done research but kinda need a little more insight on it
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Question is do I dose the same for both dkh n Ca even though the only perameter I have a problem with is alk staying at 8 I have read you should dose both but not at the same time.

Yes, unless calcium gets too high. Then reduce or stop calcium. Alk always drops faster, and the two part is designed to take that into account.

That said, since calcium may be on the high end of normal (if accurate) it is Ok to dose less each day and see what happens after a couple of weeks.
 
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Yes, unless calcium gets too high. Then reduce or stop calcium. Alk always drops faster, and the two part is designed to take that into account.

That said, since calcium may be on the high end of normal (if accurate) it is Ok to dose less each day and see what happens after a couple of weeks.
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