Need help to start dosing ESV B-ionic

BurgerFish · Apr 1, 2020

Hello,

I have two dosers and ESV B-ionic two part.

My alk is 9.5.
Calcium 415.
Salt 1.25
Nitrates/Phosphates at 0 (I'm trying to rise it).

My acros feeling bad (bleaching). Soft skin acros feels well.
I have 4 small SPS frags and two small LPS frag in the tank. Coraline algae start to grow.

So, how do I need to start dosing? 9.5 alk is good level for mixed reef? (Probably will be sps dominant).

How much to dose to start? When needs to test the alk/calc again?

Thanks

ReeferMaddness843 · Apr 1, 2020

Take your readings now.
wait 7 days with no dosing
Retake the readings
Do the math to get back to your desired levels. (Will include link to a calculator below, I use esv and it works PERFECT)
Divide the total loss by 7. (write total dose and daily dose for each part down)
slowly manually dose to bring parameters back to desired numbers.
once where you want to be, split the daily dose by 4 and have 4 doses a day of that amount.
check Alk daily and adjust at same time for a bit until comfortable knowing it’s doing right. Mag can be checked weekly and manually adjusted then tune the Doser for more or less till Spot on. Cal, I would do every 2-3 days until tuned the Doser as well.