Aquaforest products- Component 1+2+3+

[MichaelW]

Didi You try to dose every components in the same dosage?

For example 150ml-150ml-150ml?

I have not used your product yet. I wanted to get some answers to questions I had about the product before trying.
In your example you are basing the 150ml dose for each container based on the tanks alkalinity demand? So the tank needs 150 ml of alk component to keep alk steady, so dose 150 of all 3 components.
Like mentioned above, with my current products, I do not dose any magnesium and it stays in line. I do of course dose calcium...... With your product every time I dose calcium I will also dose magnesium... Therefore wouldn't my magnesium raise above desired levels?

 

[elviraveloz]

When I first started ( two months ago ) I wasn't dosing magnesium. I started dosing based on my alkalinity demand which is 59ml and mag level stayed the same. I am having more difficulty stabilizing alkalinity because I was dosing kalkwasser on top off water and I stopped slowly. I don't buy pre mixed bottles, I bought components strong,kh buffer and mineral salt and I mix myself. At present using AF whole line. I use Reef salt because I control nitrates with denitrator.

 

[elviraveloz]

Always be careful when switching to new products. I monitored the tank closely by testing 2x a day and started slowly, dosing manually if necessary.

 

[Reefheart]

Hi, I'm looking at starting dosing and considering these Aquaforest supplements. According to the website, dose 50ml/100l to raise CA by 9ppm. This seems a lot lower CA concentration than other products. I'm new to dosing, so might get this part wrong, wouldn't this means I need to add a lot more and increase salinity faster?

 

[Aquaforest]

Hi, I'm looking at starting dosing and considering these Aquaforest supplements. According to the website, dose 50ml/100l to raise CA by 9ppm. This seems a lot lower CA concentration than other products. I'm new to dosing, so might get this part wrong, wouldn't this means I need to add a lot more and increase salinity faster?

This is classic Balling Method.
Are You dosing Ca,Kh,Mg for now?

 

[Reefheart]

I'm manually dosing Seachem Complete (CA) and Buffer (Alk). For the CA, 5ml will give 10ppm in 80L. So I will only need to dose 5ml to provide the same amount of CA as 50ml of AQ Component+1 in 100L volume.

Did I interpret/compare the dosage correctly?? Abit concern the larger dosage of AQ will increase salinity a lot faster over time.

Sorry if I misunderstood the whole thing completely.

 

[MichaelW]

I just ordered the component 1+2+3+. With my current (fauna marin) system I dose 230ml per day alk and around70-80 no per day Calcium.
I know with your system it is supposed to be equal amounts all 3 so my question is, which daily dose for all 3 components is more likely as a starting point for a 200gallon sps heavy system?
Is there a rough average say sps heavy tank around xxml per 100gallons per day?
230 of each component sounds like a lot.
For reference here is my tank. It is 200 gallons

 

[Tweaked]

So you are dosing 230ml of Alk, but only 7-80ml of Ca a day? That cant be right...

 

[MichaelW]

The fauna marin mixes differently you only use a 1/4 the amount of powder for the alk mix compared to the calcium mix for the same amount of water.

 

[Tweaked]

Confusing but equal parts are taken in by corals. Get the big three in line, and dose 1,2,3 in equal parts daily according to daily uptake in alk.

 

[Tweaked]

And yes they have a starting point for ml per day

 

[Magem]

I have started with this system 15 days ago. 96 ml of each one maintaining a constant Kh, Ca and Mg level. IMO it is important prior to achieve a good Kh-Ca balance. Any case I have just started with aqua forest and I have a limited experience to share...

 

[Magem]

And sorry for my English...

 

[Tweaked]

BTW, ever read up on the website? Great info including two downloads which I printed and bound for quick ref.

In case of a reservoir containing average number of hard corals, the dose is approximately 50 ml daily per 100 liters of water.

 

[MichaelW]

50 ml daily of each component per 100l would put me close to 400ml per day of each for 200 g correct? Seems like an aweful lot! One jug is only 5litres.

 

[Tweaked]

50 ml daily of each component per 100l would put me close to 400ml per day of each for 200 g correct? Seems like an aweful lot! One jug is only 5litres.

It sure does and am waiting for Perry to begin so we can all see what his dosing amounts are. His thread can be found typically near the top of the SPS forum.

 

[MichaelW]

Yeah I have been following his thread. I think Debora uses comp1+2+3+ so I will see if she has her dosage amount listed. If it really will be that much of each component I guess I should have ordered a lot more.

 

[MichaelW]

Is there a aquaforest rep who could chime in with if they think 400ml of each component sounds reasonable for a 200 gallon tank? Or what a more likely starting amount would be? I don't really want to not dose anything for a day or 2 to work out my consumption because if I do that my alk will drop....a lot.

 

[Aquaforest]

Hi,
I recommend to start to dose every components per 150ml and If it will me not enough You can use Kh Buffer and dose that separate to time when everything will stabilize and rise every components.
We do not recommend to rise individual macroelement by Component1+2+3+ because that contains microlements also.

Regards,
Aquaforest

 

[MichaelW]

Thank you for response. I will start with 150ml of each and go from there. I understand not to raise levels with the components+ due to the microelements.