Need help to bring my parameters together

[enzo]

This is what I tested for this morning with my Red Sea Pro kits and documented the following.
KH 5.6 ( to low)
Cal 800 (to high)
MAG 1700 (to high)
PH 7.6 (low)
Salinity 1.024
Temp. 79.2 deg.
30 gal. breeder with about 25 gal. of water no sump
6x 36watts ATI fixer 14" above the water
Mixed reef
2 MP10's pumps.
Aqua Maxx HOB skimmer
All of my corals are slow growing now or have stopped growing and just holding.
I just started using the Aqua Forest 123 (calcium, alkalinity, and magnesium) with a Jebao doser.
The guy at my local fish store set up the Jebao doser for me when I bought at the store, given the same parameters.
I'm not sure how to tweek my parameters , I dont want to over dose anything, how much do I cut back, how much do I add, what time to dose.
If you any questions I'll do my best to answer, thanks.
If I post this question in the wrong place let me know so I can ask in the proper page.

 

[W1ngz]

This is an easy one, it will just take some time. You want to do all of this slowly, doing it all in one day risks coral health.

Step 1 - test the parameters on a new batch of salt. What are they?
Step 2 - turn off the doser (we need to stop adding, so you can get lined up to test how much your tank is consuming).
Step 3 - bump up your alkalinity slowly over 2 to 3 days. You probably want to maintain it above 8, but with the high calcium, targeting closer to 9 temporarily will help things along.
Step 4 - wait a week or so, for the other levels to come down a bit. They will drop with water changes and natural consumption. Manually dose alkalinity daily if it falls lower than 7. To figure out how much alkalinity to dose, you can use this calculator. When I need to make manual adjustments, I just use baking soda mixed into a few cups of fresh RODI water.

Step 5 is the fun part. Once the levels get down closer to what you want to keep, start testing the big 3 daily. This will allow you to see a trend of consumption over several days.

Once you have an idea how much it's consuming daily, turn the doser back on, but cut the levels that are already preset in half. As you continue dosing and testing, you can slowly increase the daily dosing to meet the correct consumption.

 

[enzo]

I forgot to mention that I'm using Tropic Marin Pro for salt.
I wasn't expecting an answer so quick, I'll test a new batch of salt when I come back from an errand I have to run. Thank you.

 

[W1ngz]

Another tip if you're not already doing it, you can save a load of cash on the aquaforest 1-2-3 by mixing it yourself.

 

[enzo]

New salt water Tropic Marin results:
Kh 7
Cal 450
Mag 1400
Ph 8.6
Salinity 1.025

 

[W1ngz]

alright so we know it's not the salt. It's the dosing. Follow step 2 through 5
A few water changes will help things come back down to normal levels, but you don't want to do that too fast.

 

[enzo]

Thanks for your help, working on it like you mentioned.

 

[W1ngz]

No worries. Let me know how things come together and we can see where we go from there. Just keep in mind that we do want to slowly change the alk. There shouldn't be a need to do water changes bigger than about 10%, and offset that with a little dosing, or maybe a tablespoon of baking soda pre-mixed into the topoff water.