Dosing/water change question

[jbenn]

I began dosing BRS 2 part alk/calc for 2 months now and am seeing good results. I haven’t done a water change since I started dosing and am now overdue.
I used to use Red Sea Coral Pro salt because it had a higher alk and I used it to replenish the alk in my tank. It wasn’t enough hence the dosing. Now that I am dosing I’m worried that using the same salt would throw my alk out of whack.
Should I switch to the Red Sea “blue bucket?
My parameters are good (0-nitrate, 0-phosphate) and am only doing a water change to replace the elements that I am not dosing.
125g bb display with a 30g sump. I test my water weekly.

 

[jbenn]

Basically you want to keep your alk level close to the salt. What do you keep it at?


Also, since you have 0 nitrate and 0 phosphate (both not ideal), I would just dose a trace element supplement like tropic marin K and A or similar. It is cheaper in the long run and easier. I dose chaeto gro and a tiny tiny amount of red sea iodine,

My Salifert test kits say 0 on both but my chaeto reactor is full and I’ve got algae in other places.

 

[Spare time]

Basically you want to keep your alk level close to the salt. What do you keep it at?


Also, since you have 0 nitrate and 0 phosphate (both not ideal), I would just dose a trace element supplement like tropic marin K and A or similar. It is cheaper in the long run and easier. I dose chaeto gro and a tiny tiny amount of red sea iodine,

 

[jbenn]

Basically you want to keep your alk level close to the salt. What do you keep it at?


Also, since you have 0 nitrate and 0 phosphate (both not ideal), I would just dose a trace element supplement like tropic marin K and A or similar. It is cheaper in the long run and easier. I dose chaeto gro and a tiny tiny amount of red sea iodine,

I keep my alk at 8dkh. The Red Sea blue bucket says alk it 8dk at a salinity of 35sg. I keep my tank at 1.026. Not sure how the 2 numbers convert.

 

[Spare time]

My Salifert test kits say 0 on both but my chaeto reactor is full and I’ve got algae in other places.

I would just do a trace bottle then and space out the water changes further. It is cheaper, more effective, and less stressful. I dose chaetogro and a tiny bit of red sea iodine for my 75 gallon. This seems to work well for me but I am a bit picky with what I dose in terms of trace elements lol

 

[Spare time]

I keep my alk at 8dkh. The Red Sea blue bucket says alk it 8dk at a salinity of 35sg. I keep my tank at 1.026. Not sure how the 2 numbers convert.

Ah yes then the blue bucket would be best. 35ppt is about 1.026 sg so you would be fine. That would mix it at 8KH.