what do u dose with

[cuccaro]

I have been spot feeding my corals with mix of zooplex and phytoplex. And adding a calcium and alk poster once a week because my corals are destroying both. Should I be using something different or adding any thing else or not adding any of those products. My tank is 55g have alot if diff coral no sps. Have a large carpet and a bubble tip anemone. Plus various other inverse shrimp snails ect. Only problem im having is alk gets a little low and calcium is about 380 b4 I dose. Every thing else is great. One other thing is my tank stays about 79 80 degrees could it ne to hot for calcium and alk to stay at right lvls?or are my corals and inverts just depleting it?

 

[flower]

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Originally Posted by Cuccaro http:///forum/thread/386738/what-do-u-dose-with#post_3398545
I have been spot feeding my corals with mix of zooplex and phytoplex. And adding a calcium and alk poster once a week because my corals are destroying both. Should I be using something different or adding any thing else or not adding any of those products. My tank is 55g have alot if diff coral no sps. Have a large carpet and a bubble tip anemone. Plus various other inverse shrimp snails ect. Only problem im having is alk gets a little low and calcium is about 380 b4 I dose. Every thing else is great. One other thing is my tank stays about 79 80 degrees could it ne to hot for calcium and alk to stay at right lvls?or are my corals and inverts just depleting it?
What salt mix do you use? If you have lots of coral you need a mix blended for a reef tank. Temp should be according to the critters in the tank. 80 is too hot for pogada cup but great for zoa. Find out where each coral comes from and the normal temp. If your coral looks good and happy you are fine,
Some people drip Kalk to stablize alk. Yes your coral uses the calcium, and so does coraline. I test and dose as needed. I have lots of soft coral in my SH tank, I just feed zooplex. What you feed again depends on what coral you have. That wild toe I heard was good stuff,

 

[cuccaro]

All my corals look happy and are growing fast its just my calcium and alk drop every week. All I have is bunch of candy canes frog spawn bunch zoos mushrooms couple brains Kenya three that's growing like a weed

 

[slice]

I've only been dosing a couple of months now. I started in anticipation of having SPS, which I now do.
Others will have to comment on alk and ca level maintenance when having only LPS and softies; all I know from reading is that SPS need more constant levels, not swinging levels.
I currently dose Seachem Fusion 2 part, 10ml every other day. I should probably change to 5ml every day.
My alk stays around 8.3dKH, my Ca hovers around 440 and mag about 1440.
If you are looking for a suggestion, try more frequent, smaller quantities of supplement and monitor to see if your levels stay more constant, but again, with your current stock list, it may not be any big issue.

 

[cuccaro]

The sachems fusions part two is calcium and the part one is alk right. That's what I use 1 a week 5ml of both. My corals are doing great im just really worried about my to anemones stressing because of swing

 

[slice]

More experienced folks need to take it from here, but I wonder if since you only need 5ml per week if you should be dosing at all.
That small little bit might be better addressed with routine water changes. I also wonder how that tiny bit once a week can really cause a big
alk and ca swing anyway.

 

[cuccaro]

I do 20% water change every two weeks. B4 I dose I test and alk is at border low and ok calcium is around 360 to 380. I dose alk goes up to normal and. Calcium goes to 420 440. I dose on same day every week and I do water change right b4 I dose on second week I have total of 16 pieces coral. Im really not to worried about calcium. Im more worried about alk. Seems every time alk drops bta gets mad but carpet is fine should I add another dose of alk in there to keep it up

 

[slice]

You have now exceeded my level of competency, hopefully others will respond.

 

[cuccaro]

What are u trying to say slice?

 

[slice]

I'm saying I don't know jack about a bta. I only barely know about alk.
Hoping someone come by who does know.

 

[1guydude]

ya i dont know much bout anemones or alk not having a lrg one myself.....wats ur pH like? does it stay constent? I think that has something to do with alk...Also how big is ur candycane colony...they love the cal i was told! I only have 3 heads so i dont see much a diff! I might add half a cap of liquid cal&mag reef additive to my larger tank(36gal) and quarter a cap to my 20L once a month maybe but i also do a w/c once a month. I think my tanks are diff than urs and so is my schedule!
Idk sry! LOL
hopefully someone will chime in with a degree in marine biology!

 

[cuccaro]

My ph is perfect tested with 3 diff testers and lfs. I don't get it I thought ph has to do with alk to. My canes are doing great

 

[acrylic51]

I think the big key is always test before and supplementation of any product regardless of what your past trends might have been. Anything could change with your salt mix or what not....I'm just stating never take anything for granted. Even if things appear to be happy and great; it never hurts to just run a battery of tests and confirm everything.....Another handy idea is to keep a notebook logging your parameters as well.

 

[java1]

 

[flower]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Cuccaro http:///forum/thread/386738/what-do-u-dose-with#post_3398641
I do 20% water change every two weeks. B4 I dose I test and alk is at border low and ok calcium is around 360 to 380. I dose alk goes up to normal and. Calcium goes to 420 440. I dose on same day every week and I do water change right b4 I dose on second week I have total of 16 pieces coral. Im really not to worried about calcium. Im more worried about alk. Seems every time alk drops bta gets mad but carpet is fine should I add another dose of alk in there to keep it up
Well, I learned the hard way...some test kits are not as reliable as others. I will not use API tests kits again...I went with Seachem.
If you do water changes that often you should not have to dose at all. So you may need a better grade of saltmix.
Have you ever tested new mixed saltwater to see what the calcium and Alkalinity it is before you add it to the tank?
Test kits determine what to dose, not the critters. Anemones inflate and deflate on a regular bases, it's how they clean themselves out. If the water quality were off.... both anemones would close up or start to move around looking for a better spot.