Ca and Alk usage

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by The Grizz

I would say that your coral & coralline is just absorbing this much & you just need to up what your dosing. What's your coral growth like? Noticeable changes?

Decent changes, but I thought not enough to warrant this kind of usage
I mean, come on, it's only a 75g with new frags ...

Originally Posted by Rice Reef

Greg, are you dosing and how much were you dosing before and now? Have you changed salt? Are you adding DIY Ca and Alk and are you manually dosing or using a doser? These may also affect your levels if there are inconsistencies etc...

I'm monitoring and dosing as the days go by, and this is why I started this post
I haven't changed salt and I am dosing with some Seachem stuff to keep up
I'm shocked how much I'm using
Last week I used enough to dose 1 TBSP of Alk and 2 TBSP of Ca just to keep up

Originally Posted by RDNanoGuy

As your tank matures and the frags start to take off you will have to adjust your dosing amounts accordingly. My two football size clams can drop drop the CA in my 165g 30ppm a day! Thank god for calcium reactors!

All my frags are still little critters, so I don't get it

[Rice Reef]

Then like grizz said it prob is the increasing coralline growth.

[RDNanoGuy]

If your tank params are all good you'll be suprised how quickly things will start to grow! Be proud of your accomplishment and get ready to buy a dosing system!

[Rice Reef]

Originally Posted by RDNanoGuy

If your tank params are all good you'll be suprised how quickly things will start to grow! Be proud of your accomplishment and get ready to buy a dosing system!

+1. That too. I find that when I was manually dosing I sometimes forget to dose one or the other and sometimes both. When I invested in a doser, things become more consistent and in addition you simplify things.

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by Rice Reef

Then like grizz said it prob is the increasing coralline growth.

Originally Posted by RDNanoGuy

If your tank params are all good you'll be suprised how quickly things will start to grow! Be proud of your accomplishment and get ready to buy a dosing system!

Thanks guys ....

I guess I have to keep a closer eye on my params

I am very surprised how much my tank is using day by day ....

[gregzz4]

Looks like I'll have to invest in a doser of some kind ...

[daplatapus]

Go with a calcium reactor. It'll keep you Ca and alk dead on in one shot. I've got one on my 77 gal and wish I'd gone that route right off the bat instead of dosers and mixes.

[Aquattro]

That's about 16g of Ca consumed, do you see 16g worth of growth and coraline? Measure that much powdered Ca to get a rough idea how much that is.
Regardless, if you're testing is now perfected, and you see that kind of drop, you'll need to add that to maintain levels.

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

That's about 16g of Ca consumed, do you see 16g worth of growth and coraline? Measure that much powdered Ca to get a rough idea how much that is.
Regardless, if you're testing is now perfected, and you see that kind of drop, you'll need to add that to maintain levels.

I've already decided I don't need to measure that much ....
My usage is much less than most users

[gregzz4]

I dont have, and dont plan on using, a calcium reactor .....

I only dose Ca and Alk stuff ...

Dosing advice is welcome here ........