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Hey everyone,
I'll try to make this short and to the point.
Mostly LPS and softie 65G tank.
5 fish - 2 clowns, RG, YWG, Benggai Cardinal
1 -- conch
1 -- Cleaner Shrimp
Habits:
USED to perform 20% WC every 2 weeks.
From today gonna perform 10% WC every 2 weeks (low nitrate and phos)
My alk used to be around 8.3 - 8.7.
Have my tank just over 1 year.
Have a little bit of GHA on one last rock...gonna run a toothbrush over it next WC (Just performed FULL maintanence on my cannister filter (no floss, just ceramic, Matrix bio media, and carbon).
I've been adding +++ LPS frags to my system over the last 2 months...I believe my tank is now eating Alk and CA, but not in over abundance. Just to see how much (or little) it's consuming Ca, mg, and Alk I've been monitoring it frequently over thr past 2 weeks.
Alk has remained 7.3 over the last 2 weeks.
CA 440
Mg 1340
I tested the water I prepared for tonight's water change prior to putting into the tank.
Alk 8.3
Mg 1140
CA 450
When I mix at salinity 1.024 (I find with evaporation this mix in salinity maintains my DT salinity at 1.026 with refractomerer)
30 mins after water change, I tested the display tank again...
1.026
Mg 1340
CA 440
Alk 7.3
My plan is to leave it and test water again in 4 days to see if anything has dropped. I used Red Sea and Salifert tests.
So now my question (lol),
I'd like to have a alk at 8.0 - 8.3...I have the 3 Red Sea ABC kit...the instructions say to dose
1. Mg
2. Alk
3. CA
10 mins apart. Now...i want to take this slowwww...and focus MORE on alk and probably CA as well but not as much.
Instructions for Mg say 1 mL (per 25 G) will raise 1 ppm...
Instructions for alk: 1 mL (per 25 G) will raise 0.1 dkH
Instructions for Ca: 1 mL (per 25 G) will raise 2 ppm.
This is the end (I promise),
So im dosing all 3 cuz dosing can cause some imbalances, like, Mg will help seperate Ca and Alk?
I know not to raise 1 Dkh in a day, and to dose in the morning time.
My plan is to try to raise dkh from 7.3 to 7.8 at the beginning. And to not dose too much Mg as well as my levels are decent, so maybe 5 ppm to begin with? And maybe raise Ca up like 6 ppm in the beginning also.
Thanks for reading (if you managed to read this whole post. If you have, enjoy some pics of my tank, and my newest fish in Quarentine, my Midas Blenny!
I'll try to make this short and to the point.
Mostly LPS and softie 65G tank.
5 fish - 2 clowns, RG, YWG, Benggai Cardinal
1 -- conch
1 -- Cleaner Shrimp
Habits:
USED to perform 20% WC every 2 weeks.
From today gonna perform 10% WC every 2 weeks (low nitrate and phos)
My alk used to be around 8.3 - 8.7.
Have my tank just over 1 year.
Have a little bit of GHA on one last rock...gonna run a toothbrush over it next WC (Just performed FULL maintanence on my cannister filter (no floss, just ceramic, Matrix bio media, and carbon).
I've been adding +++ LPS frags to my system over the last 2 months...I believe my tank is now eating Alk and CA, but not in over abundance. Just to see how much (or little) it's consuming Ca, mg, and Alk I've been monitoring it frequently over thr past 2 weeks.
Alk has remained 7.3 over the last 2 weeks.
CA 440
Mg 1340
I tested the water I prepared for tonight's water change prior to putting into the tank.
Alk 8.3
Mg 1140
CA 450
When I mix at salinity 1.024 (I find with evaporation this mix in salinity maintains my DT salinity at 1.026 with refractomerer)
30 mins after water change, I tested the display tank again...
1.026
Mg 1340
CA 440
Alk 7.3
My plan is to leave it and test water again in 4 days to see if anything has dropped. I used Red Sea and Salifert tests.
So now my question (lol),
I'd like to have a alk at 8.0 - 8.3...I have the 3 Red Sea ABC kit...the instructions say to dose
1. Mg
2. Alk
3. CA
10 mins apart. Now...i want to take this slowwww...and focus MORE on alk and probably CA as well but not as much.
Instructions for Mg say 1 mL (per 25 G) will raise 1 ppm...
Instructions for alk: 1 mL (per 25 G) will raise 0.1 dkH
Instructions for Ca: 1 mL (per 25 G) will raise 2 ppm.
This is the end (I promise),
So im dosing all 3 cuz dosing can cause some imbalances, like, Mg will help seperate Ca and Alk?
I know not to raise 1 Dkh in a day, and to dose in the morning time.
My plan is to try to raise dkh from 7.3 to 7.8 at the beginning. And to not dose too much Mg as well as my levels are decent, so maybe 5 ppm to begin with? And maybe raise Ca up like 6 ppm in the beginning also.
Thanks for reading (if you managed to read this whole post. If you have, enjoy some pics of my tank, and my newest fish in Quarentine, my Midas Blenny!