Kevin S. Posted December 15, 2015 Author Share Posted December 15, 2015 As of now my parameters are as of 6:30pm 7.3 KH - It was 8 at 7:30 am 475 - Calcium .025 Salinity Temp 79 Using Salifert test kits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 What was your usage of Ca/day? If you're using up 1dKh/day, why are you dosing 132ml of alk? Or do you mean you're losing 1dKh/day while dosing the previously calculated 88ml/day of alk we determined you needed to dose to keep up with your corals demand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin S. Posted December 15, 2015 Author Share Posted December 15, 2015 Yes Ty Im losing 1dkh a day. I raised it to try to compensate but I dont think I should be doing that much dosing again. I was doing 88ml a day but It was still going down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin S. Posted December 15, 2015 Author Share Posted December 15, 2015 Here is a pic of the tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reburn Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 I really think you should cut dosing back to alk 4 times a day max and Ca 2 times a day max. Dosing larger volumes is going to allow you to dial your doser in better. I would just keep the swings to less then .40 dkh. Even with you tank fairly well stocked I still have a gut feeling your overdosing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin S. Posted December 15, 2015 Author Share Posted December 15, 2015 I agree Reburn I do feel like I am overdosing, I thought it would be more consistent to spread them out over a 24 hr period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 I would also recommend some larger dosing volumes per day instead of the 12x/day. Maybe cut it down to 4x like Reburn suggested. My 215-gallon eats up about 2dKh/day and with your water ratio to SPS/clam mass, I don't think it's too out of the norm if you're using more than 1dKh/day. Just for clarification, you are dosing 88ml/day of alk, and you're still losing 1dKh/day? So if you weren't dosing at all, you'd be losing 2.3dKh/day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin S. Posted December 15, 2015 Author Share Posted December 15, 2015 My first consumption test I concluded that I used 88 ml a day - "I did a 30g water change Sunday morning and tested late that afternoon my Kh was 7.3. I waited 24 hrs and did the KH test again at the same time with a Salifert kit and got a KH of 6." So I set my dose to 88 ml over a 24 hr period. (12 doses of 11 ml over 24hrs.) But it still continued to drop a full 1 KH a day. So I raised it to 132 ml over a 24 hr period, but It still continues to drop 1 KH a day. So I guess I will try doing larger doses instead of spreading it out over such a large period of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reburn Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Check your doser that it's not loosing prime. You should have fluid in the dosing heads at all times. It should immediately start pushing fluid out. When was the last time you replaced your tubes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Check your doser that it's not loosing prime. You should have fluid in the dosing heads at all times. It should immediately start pushing fluid out. When was the last time you replaced your tubes.Reburn brings up a good point. Have you actually checked that it's dosing that much a day? Try dosing it to an empty measuring cup to test it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin S. Posted December 15, 2015 Author Share Posted December 15, 2015 I got it last month and did the calibration. I will check it again to be sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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