Levels all stable - now what - Dosing help
 

For years I never really tested for anything and just went with it. As of recent I have been testing and trying to get all my main levels in order.

After a few "tweeks" here and there I got everything where it should be.

Question is:

How do I go about figuring out how much I should dose daily now that i got everything in order?

CA
ALK
Mg

Thanks

Jeff

http://reef.diesyst.com/flashcalc/flashcalc.html

Read as much as you can from Randy Holmes-Farley first, though.

Test again in a week, compare readings. Calculate how much is used. Write everything down. Check again 2 weeks later. Check again in a month. A trend will appear. Then you will know how much is being used up, how much to dose.

So do it by the week not by the day?

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QUOTE=fkshiu;492339]http://reef.diesyst.com/flashcalc/flashcalc.html

Read as much as you can from Randy Holmes-Farley first, though.[/quote]

it will be easier to see a trend over a week

ie my ca test kit reads by the 20 ppm

so on monday i may have 420 tuesday 420 and wednesday 400
over the week or 2 just divide the total by 7 or 14 days to give you a daily dosing amount

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Ive done it a little different. I test (mine shows by .10), enter the values in here, under Tank Parameters), use the calculator, dose my amounts, test in 3-4 hours, this will show me if I am estimating my water volume correctly. If my levels are not where I want them, I make another adjustment. Basically, I want to get to a point where they are at (for me) 450, 9.3, 1350.

Then, I up my daily dose. by a little, according to how big a correction I had to make. It's not an exact science, but it works. Then, I keep with the dosing for a few days. Test again. If my levels are where they need to be, I keep dosing the same amount. If not, I'll make a correction dose, then up my daily dose again.

I hope this helps. writing it down makes it seem complicated...but it's not. LMK.
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You can test every day or two the first couple of times to make sure your dosing is in the ball park, then weekly or bi-weekly is enough. Eventually your levels will be so stable you'll be temped to test monthly, but stick to bi-weekly at the longest.