How to dose Red sea ABCD?!

[Gustavo89]

I just got the Red Sea ABCD and it seems to be a pain to start dosing.

Any body has any experience on this?

My Tank is 110 Gallons.

I have never dosed Iodine nor Potassium before.

 

[Hemmdog]

It’s very easy to dose. What’s the question, I have a 90 gal and a 40b.

 

[Gustavo89]

It’s very easy to dose. What’s the question, I have a 90 gal and a 40b.

The doubt is, what about the Dose By Calcium?

From what i read you calculate your daily Calcium Consumption and you dose from there? Also. you will need to add the drops from the ABCD bottles right?

Is there any other method instead of using the Calcium consumption one?

 

[Hemmdog]

The doubt is, what about the Dose By Calcium?

From what i read you calculate your daily Calcium Consumption and you dose from there? Also. you will need to add the drops from the ABCD bottles right?

Is there any other method instead of using the Calcium consumption one?

I dose based on calcium and when I occasionally get triton tests done my numbers are always in range.

You can get Red Sea trace elements test kits but they aren’t fun to do all the time.

 

[Gustavo89]

I dose based on calcium and when I occasionally get triton tests done my numbers are always in range.

You can get Red Sea trace elements test kits but they aren’t fun to do all the time.

Understood!
So since i dont consume Calcium that much daily, should i dose probably everyweek? i think per week i consume around 40 ppm of Calcium.
So i can dose once every week, right? is not necessarily to be daily, am i right?

 

[HB AL]

I don’t do water changes and over a year ago I started using Red Sea ABCD trace colors. I dose 30ml every month.

 

[Hemmdog]

Understood!
So since i dont consume Calcium that much daily, should i dose probably everyweek? i think per week i consume around 40 ppm of Calcium.
So i can dose once every week, right? is not necessarily to be daily, am i right?

I dose every other day.

 

[Osaurus]

Understood!
So since i dont consume Calcium that much daily, should i dose probably everyweek? i think per week i consume around 40 ppm of Calcium.
So i can dose once every week, right? is not necessarily to be daily, am i right?

Based on the numbers you provided, you'd have to dose 450ml of calcium (BRS calcium chloride) per week to offset your 40ppm drop. BRS recommends that you dose the trace colors at roughly 1/50 of their calcium solution. If you want to dose them once per week you're looking at 8.8ml of each a,b,c,d, or roughly 1.25ml daily. This is all based on your tank being 110 gallons. You will need to adjust your dosage accordingly if you haven't factored in sump size, rock/sand displacement, etc. Hope this helps!

 

[Gustavo89]

Based on the numbers you provided, you'd have to dose 450ml of calcium (BRS calcium chloride) per week to offset your 40ppm drop. BRS recommends that you dose the trace colors at roughly 1/50 of their calcium solution. If you want to dose them once per week you're looking at 8.8ml of each a,b,c,d, or roughly 1.25ml daily. This is all based on your tank being 110 gallons. You will need to adjust your dosage accordingly if you haven't factored in sump size, rock/sand displacement, etc. Hope this helps!

This is what i was looking for!

I just discovered that BRS has a Trace Elements Calculator!

Thank you very much!