MiddletonMark
Premium Member
Joseph -
Seems like Ca has tested out around 400 [375-425] recently - with Alk around 8-9 dKh. Both are a small margin above what I'd want as minimum ... and yet low enough to where slight overdosing is unlikely to cause a problem.
Recently [growth phase] that's meant about 40-50 ml of Randy's DIY 2-part [forget whether recipe 1 or 2] every morning, and 40 ml of B-ionic every night.
Have been thinking about a reactor, but given I've got 46# more Dowflake in the basement ... might be a while. Fairly likely to add a 2-channel doser in the next few months so that I do little more than fill the ATO bucket and look most days.
The present pattern works well, as I check the tank those times already ... but if I can have the same results + be lazier, I'm all for it
If it's been over 2.5 weeks since a w/c [and likely to be at least a week more] I've added about 20 ml of Magnesium [b-ionic] and a minimal dose of lugols ... when I remember [50% of the time].
Probably dose those only once every few months ... normally I'm good on the bi-weekly w/c's and thus don't dose anything but Ca/Alk.
Seems like Ca has tested out around 400 [375-425] recently - with Alk around 8-9 dKh. Both are a small margin above what I'd want as minimum ... and yet low enough to where slight overdosing is unlikely to cause a problem.
Recently [growth phase] that's meant about 40-50 ml of Randy's DIY 2-part [forget whether recipe 1 or 2] every morning, and 40 ml of B-ionic every night.
Have been thinking about a reactor, but given I've got 46# more Dowflake in the basement ... might be a while. Fairly likely to add a 2-channel doser in the next few months so that I do little more than fill the ATO bucket and look most days.
The present pattern works well, as I check the tank those times already ... but if I can have the same results + be lazier, I'm all for it
If it's been over 2.5 weeks since a w/c [and likely to be at least a week more] I've added about 20 ml of Magnesium [b-ionic] and a minimal dose of lugols ... when I remember [50% of the time].
Probably dose those only once every few months ... normally I'm good on the bi-weekly w/c's and thus don't dose anything but Ca/Alk.
Makes me want to downsize my system, lol. Your tank is beautiful, and I know it had to be very satisfying watching the frags you got from other local reefers grow into nice colonies.
