Hey guys, I have a fairly new aquarium (only had corals in it for a week and a half). I noticed that regardless of my water change, my alkalinity, calcium, and magnesium were all pretty low. So I started dosing the original suggested amount by All-For-Reef for a week (~1ml for my 5g tank). Alkalinity steadily went up the expected .2 per day or so, however, after a week, magnesium was still 1280 and calcium is still 340mg. Alkalinity has steadily gone up one point to 8, but the rest, stagnant. I started increasing the dose for this week to ~1.5ml per the dosing instructions, but wanted another take on if I should be dosing calcium or magnesium separately, or just be patient by gradually increasing the dosing amount per week, per their instructions.
I suppose ultimately, I will need to separate them if alkalinity continues to rise, with the stragglers for calcium and magnesium being doses separately since they're taking their time.
I suppose ultimately, I will need to separate them if alkalinity continues to rise, with the stragglers for calcium and magnesium being doses separately since they're taking their time.