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Its a young tank consuming lots of alk (we get 5 of those a week) and immediately we get responses to brainwash this guy into two parts. I should train a darn parrot to say "use a two part...use a two part".
Alk can dive bomb like bitcoin prices in a young tank due to establishing biology, and if you have SPS alk needs to be kept higher than 7. Preferably 8-10 given how fast it is consumed. Calcium on the other hand might barely be moving. Stop linking the two until there is a lot more SPS. Calcium can likely be maintained with water changes. Ive had 20gal tanks 4-6 months old start eating 2 dKH daily for no reason and then slow down a month later.
Alk needs to be dosed until its in that 8-10 range. I prefer a box of baking soda because its easier to calculate with the online reef calculator and stupid cheap.
What is going to happen is the tank will go through this ugly phase and alk will slow back down.
Also, that looks like blue digita and not very happy. This coral has to have phosphate no lower than .03 in a small tank just like all other montipora and nitrate 5-10. It grows so fast in my 20L I fill 5gal buckets up with it and give it to my local reef shop.
Get that alk up with baking soda and stop worrying about two part dosing.
Alk can dive bomb like bitcoin prices in a young tank due to establishing biology, and if you have SPS alk needs to be kept higher than 7. Preferably 8-10 given how fast it is consumed. Calcium on the other hand might barely be moving. Stop linking the two until there is a lot more SPS. Calcium can likely be maintained with water changes. Ive had 20gal tanks 4-6 months old start eating 2 dKH daily for no reason and then slow down a month later.
Alk needs to be dosed until its in that 8-10 range. I prefer a box of baking soda because its easier to calculate with the online reef calculator and stupid cheap.
What is going to happen is the tank will go through this ugly phase and alk will slow back down.
Also, that looks like blue digita and not very happy. This coral has to have phosphate no lower than .03 in a small tank just like all other montipora and nitrate 5-10. It grows so fast in my 20L I fill 5gal buckets up with it and give it to my local reef shop.
Get that alk up with baking soda and stop worrying about two part dosing.