I have been using All For Reef (AFR) to maintain the big 3 and some traces for several months with beautiful stability. I monitor using the trident and calibrate frequently etc etc etc so I know that my alkalinity has been consistently between 9-9.5. Calcium has also been stable between 425-440. All of a sudden both my alkalinity and calcium levels have been dropping very significantly (from 9 to 8 despite AFR addition so it would be larger without the AFR and from 430 or so to as low as 395 for calcium); I am tuning my AFR to try to counteract the drops.
My question is: are huge increases in alkalinity/calcium consumption typical? I am still trying to increase my AFR dosing to match the current consumption and that’s fine, I am more interested in understanding whether this will continue to increase super significantly so profoundingly so quickly over time.
Thanks all!
My question is: are huge increases in alkalinity/calcium consumption typical? I am still trying to increase my AFR dosing to match the current consumption and that’s fine, I am more interested in understanding whether this will continue to increase super significantly so profoundingly so quickly over time.
Thanks all!