Thoughts on Teopic Marin’s All-For-Reef?

[eliaslikesfish]

Hi all,

I’ve been dosing red sea mag and calcium and adding sea chem alkalinity separately. Have heard some good things about all-for-reef so I just have to dose one supplement, does anyone have experience with it and how I should dose in a 40 gallon with LPS and some softies?

Currently parameters are great:
Temp: 78F
Ph: 8.0
Salinity: 1.025
Alkalinity 8.5
Mag: 1350
Calcium: 420
Phosphates .08-.1
Nitrates: 15-20ppm
nitrites & ammonia: 0

Thanks in advance!

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Like all methods, AFR has its pros (primarily convenience) and cons (cost and no pH boost). It’s a fine way to go in most instances except automated alk measurement and dosing.

 

[eliaslikesfish]

Like all methods, AFR has its pros (primarily convenience) and cons (cost and no pH boost). It’s a fine way to go in most instances except automated alk measurement and dosing.

what do you mean by automated alk measurement and dosing? Are you saying I need to add alk separately?

 

[Jamie7907]

You can’t test it right away. I believe it needs a bacterial reaction/component to convert it into useable alk which takes time.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

what do you mean by automated alk measurement and dosing? Are you saying I need to add alk separately?

I mean a machine that tests alk for you and then dispenses a dose for you based on that measurement. AFR is not optimal in that use due to alk not being immediately detectable.

 

[eliaslikesfish]

I mean a machine that tests alk for you and then dispenses a dose for you based on that measurement. AFR is not optimal in that use due to alk not being immediately detectable.

ohhh okay I see I see. Well I need to invest in one of those, it reads and then doses accordingly? I’ve been doing this the hard way all along lol

 

[eliaslikesfish]

You can’t test it right away. I believe it needs a bacterial reaction/component to convert it into useable alk which takes time.

any idea how long we’re talking here?

 

[fodsod]

AFR is hands down the best thing I've started dosing that made a huge difference in all of my corals. I've been using it for about a year now. I have a mixed reef and pretty even split of acros/sps, lps, softies, BTA and a maxima clam and all have done well since adding AFR.

I have a 90g and dose 45ml a day spread out over 24 hours. That keeps all my parameters nice and stable. I use the powdered version you mix yourself.

 

[Gribbles]

I mean a machine that tests alk for you and then dispenses a dose for you based on that measurement. AFR is not optimal in that use due to alk not being immediately detectable.

How long does it take to be detectable, roughly? I still manually test my alk daily and adjust my a4r dose based on that. Am I doing it wrong?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

any idea how long we’re talking here?

Hours I expect after dosing for a while, may be substantially more on first dosing it