What should I do?

[the schwartz]

Given these levels how should I go about raising them. I currently am using 5ml of all for reef. I am kind of stumped as if I increased dose I would essentially raise calcium to high. How should I go about this? Individual dosing?

 

[Evil1]

What are you dosing now?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I’d just up the AFR slowly until you hit your alk goal. The other things will hardly move.

 

[gkprevite]

With afr you might need to dose elements separately on occasion to level them out. So you need to dose alk to get in balance and then proceed with your normal afr dose.

 

[gkprevite]

I’d just up the AFR slowly until you hit your alk goal. The other things will hardly move.

I ve had similar numbers and was afraid my ca would go the the moon. Good to know. Thanks Randy

 

[the schwartz]

What are you dosing now?

I’m dosing all for reef

 

[the schwartz]

I’d just up the AFR slowly until you hit your alk goal. The other things will hardly move.

Would it also help to space out over the day say two doses or should I just leave it at one dose a day? Wouldn’t that bring up cal to say the high 400s?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I ve had similar numbers and was afraid my ca would go the the moon. Good to know. Thanks Randy

It cannot. For each 2.8 dKH that you raise alk by AFR, calcium will only rise by 20 ppm and magnesium around 1 ppm.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Would it also help to space out over the day say two doses or should I just leave it at one dose a day? Wouldn’t that bring up cal to say the high 400s?

AFR once a day is a fine plan. Spreading it out is also fine, it it naturally spreads out the alk increase since it takes time to break down into bicarbonate. I recommend AM dosing.

 

[the schwartz]

Would it also help to space out over the day say two doses or should I just leave it at one dose a day? Wouldn’t that bring up cal to say the high 400s?

AFR once a day is a fine plan. Spreading it out is also fine, it it naturally spreads out the alk increase since it takes time to break down into bicarbonate. I recommend AM dosing.

Okay thank you. I’m currently dosing 5 ml so should I just go to 6? Or increase to 7? I am using a versa so I can do in between as well

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Hard to say between 6 and 7 mL, up from 5. It may take several iterations to home in on the best dose.