dosing ?

[kien]

Also, those high values, are you getting those values before you've even started dosing or have you been dosing for a while now? Those are quite high values! You must be using some expensive high content salt or you are already dosing some of those elements ?

[donkey77]

using instant ocean reef salt have not been dosing anything, did do a water change the day before

[donkey77]

will do another test when i get home from work at 5

[donkey77]

so do i just add this to some ro water in a jug, how much water iam i suppose to mix with the poweder, iam not a numbers guy

[xenon]

Originally Posted by donkey77

so do i just add this to some ro water in a jug, how much water iam i suppose to mix with the poweder, iam not a numbers guy

Here is a link to the manual for the ResSea Reef Foundation 1KG salts.

Page 9 is the info you are looking for.

http://www.redseafish.com/wp-content...ents-2013a.pdf

[donkey77]

new readings today
ca 550
KH/alk 8.3
Mg 1550
why are my par going up when i havent dose anthing yet, my alk is going higher should it be the other way around as in getting lower, i did change about 8gallons of fresh salt water 3 days ago, hmmm strange, will conti to test for the next 7-8 days, see where iam at

[denny_C]

Originally Posted by donkey77

new readings today
ca 550
KH/alk 8.3
Mg 1550
why are my par going up when i havent dose anthing yet, my alk is going higher should it be the other way around as in getting lower, i did change about 8gallons of fresh salt water 3 days ago, hmmm strange, will conti to test for the next 7-8 days, see where iam at

more than likely a limitation to what the test can read , they arnt all that accurate in a pinpoint sense

if your trying to calculate your consumption dont do water changes while you are doing this.

[donkey77]

Originally Posted by xenon

Here is a link to the manual for the ResSea Reef Foundation 1KG salts.

Page 9 is the info you are looking for.

http://www.redseafish.com/wp-content...ents-2013a.pdf

i still dont understand that can you check over my numbers
ok for the reef foundation A i need 9.2oz of powder, mix in with 3.8 pints of ro water, iam i reading that right
Foundation B 1.7oz of powder mix in with 21pints of ro water

[donkey77]

Originally Posted by donkey77

i still dont understand that can you check over my numbers
ok for the reef foundation A i need 9.2oz of powder, mix in with 3.8 pints of ro water, iam i reading that right
Foundation B 1.7oz of powder mix in with 21pints of ro water

this is in my instructions that came with the red sea pro foundation

[xenon]

Originally Posted by donkey77

i still dont understand that can you check over my numbers
ok for the reef foundation A i need 9.2oz of powder, mix in with 3.8 pints of ro water, iam i reading that right
Foundation B 1.7oz of powder mix in with 21pints of ro water

Reef Foundation A (Calcium)
Disolve 1kg of powder into 1.8L of RO/DI water.

Reef Foundation B (Alkalinity)
Disolve 1kg of powder into 10L of RO/DI water.

Reef Foundation C (Magneium)
Disolve 1kg of powder into 1.7L of RO/DI water.

The amount of cal/alk/mag that your corals are consuming is the big question mark.

If you have lots of corals, you can test every 24hrs without making any changes to see how much they consume. If you only have a few corals, you will need to wait longer to see any effect of consumption.

Do not dose calcium or magnesium until your corals have consumed them. Once your levels are good, then you can begin dosing to maintain those levels.

If you are using a salt mix that is high in cal/mag, you probably won't need to dose cal/mag until you have more corals.