nighthawk26
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Hi guys. Relatively new to the hobby. ON top of that, the chemistry side of things is hard for me to wrap my head around. It was suggest by a friend in a local forum to post here, so hoping someone can help.
I have a 220DT tank linked to a system in my fish room which is a 75G sump and 40G frag tank. System is about 45 ft away so my best guess is I'm around 330 total system gallons or so.
Tank has been up since August with no lights or livestock till October. Cycled well, had cyano here and there till just recently. No visual issues to speak of. I have maybe 3 or 4 larger lps pieces, and JUSt started with some SPS. roughly 4 baseball or softball size wild Aussie pieces. Aside from that, I have a blonde naso tang, 4 green chromis, 4 lyretail anthias, 2 pj cardinals, and 2 clowns. I have not run GFO or carbon for about 6 weeks. Before that was running only cause I assumed I had phosphates as I had cyano. Although testing with hanna said 0, I do know cyano consumes phosphate. On the DT I dun 4 Radion G2 and frag tank 1 G2. I use Red Sea Coral pro salt so has elevated elements and higher alk, alc and mag.
That said, I was noticing my tank was still low so I started dosing. I currently have the following parameters tested with Salifert kits.
Alk 9.8
Cal 460
Mag 1350
Phosphates 0
Nitrates .20
Nitrite 0
Dosing wise I dose 32ml alk, 52ml calc, and about 20ml mag.
I test every few days out of paranoia, and for over a month, these numbers vary VERY little. I use a Neptune Dos and change out about 3GPD throughout the day. Evap wise I add about 2 or so gallons per day.
Aside from that, I do add half dose every few days ZEOVIT LPS, Phols special, and Coral snow.
I think that's about the most detail I can give.
I guess the questions are mostly based on the idea that I've been told dosing should be EQUAL parts calc and alk, but this is not my situation. Also considering I don't have a ton in my tank presently.
Any comments are appreciated.
I have a 220DT tank linked to a system in my fish room which is a 75G sump and 40G frag tank. System is about 45 ft away so my best guess is I'm around 330 total system gallons or so.
Tank has been up since August with no lights or livestock till October. Cycled well, had cyano here and there till just recently. No visual issues to speak of. I have maybe 3 or 4 larger lps pieces, and JUSt started with some SPS. roughly 4 baseball or softball size wild Aussie pieces. Aside from that, I have a blonde naso tang, 4 green chromis, 4 lyretail anthias, 2 pj cardinals, and 2 clowns. I have not run GFO or carbon for about 6 weeks. Before that was running only cause I assumed I had phosphates as I had cyano. Although testing with hanna said 0, I do know cyano consumes phosphate. On the DT I dun 4 Radion G2 and frag tank 1 G2. I use Red Sea Coral pro salt so has elevated elements and higher alk, alc and mag.
That said, I was noticing my tank was still low so I started dosing. I currently have the following parameters tested with Salifert kits.
Alk 9.8
Cal 460
Mag 1350
Phosphates 0
Nitrates .20
Nitrite 0
Dosing wise I dose 32ml alk, 52ml calc, and about 20ml mag.
I test every few days out of paranoia, and for over a month, these numbers vary VERY little. I use a Neptune Dos and change out about 3GPD throughout the day. Evap wise I add about 2 or so gallons per day.
Aside from that, I do add half dose every few days ZEOVIT LPS, Phols special, and Coral snow.
I think that's about the most detail I can give.
I guess the questions are mostly based on the idea that I've been told dosing should be EQUAL parts calc and alk, but this is not my situation. Also considering I don't have a ton in my tank presently.
Any comments are appreciated.