Long story short. Some of my corals didnt seem happy & decided that i was going to dose. After testing for Calcium, Alkalinity & Magnesium i noticed my calcium was low
1st test:
Calcium:410ppm
Alkalinity: 9
Magnesium: 1280ppm
According to the Calcium supplement
(Bottle A) if my calcium tested at 410 i should dose 15ml/25gl to be in 440 optimal for lps. I estimated i had 50gl of water (playing it safe) so i dosed 30ml.
I knew my alkalinity would drop so i tested my alkalinity & sure enough im now at 8.4 dkh. So i decided i was going to dose supplement B (buffer) but the back of the bottle says that at 8.4 dkh i should dose 36ml/25gl for optimal lps.
This is where i got confused & worried. At 72ml/50gl (estimated to play safe) it seems like a lot. I havent dosed because i have no idea if im doing it wrong. The label doesnt say daily or weekly. Am i missing something from instructions? If anybody can help i'd appreciate it. Thanks in advance.
Lmk if i should post pics of the bottle labels.
1st test:
Calcium:410ppm
Alkalinity: 9
Magnesium: 1280ppm
According to the Calcium supplement
(Bottle A) if my calcium tested at 410 i should dose 15ml/25gl to be in 440 optimal for lps. I estimated i had 50gl of water (playing it safe) so i dosed 30ml.
I knew my alkalinity would drop so i tested my alkalinity & sure enough im now at 8.4 dkh. So i decided i was going to dose supplement B (buffer) but the back of the bottle says that at 8.4 dkh i should dose 36ml/25gl for optimal lps.
This is where i got confused & worried. At 72ml/50gl (estimated to play safe) it seems like a lot. I havent dosed because i have no idea if im doing it wrong. The label doesnt say daily or weekly. Am i missing something from instructions? If anybody can help i'd appreciate it. Thanks in advance.
Lmk if i should post pics of the bottle labels.
I feel that they were fine if you are un sure u can always split up your doses and test between each dose that would be my recommendations we sell the checkers they run about 50 bucks we also carry the red sea algae control and that would be more bang for your buck which has a low range phosphate and a low range nitrate . now in your case lps and softies like a little more nutrients than sps so some p04 and some n03 are good and needed for the corals . I would test get a base reading and log your test results and when you dose that way you can get a better idea on how your tanks parameters fluctuate from day to day
