Dosing calcium and alkalinity

gareth.hubbarde · 09/18/2020, 10:19 AM

OK looking for opinions as to which is best method of dosing. Lfs sells Red skeletal elements stuff, I'm more used to 2 bottle system, one for calcium one for Alk. Thinking of seachem 2 bottle system (reef fusion) At present tank seems to be using Alk quite quickly, not so much calcium surprisingly.

Currently at calcium 420

Alk 7.9 but dosing to get it back above 8.

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Zionas · 09/18/2020, 10:36 AM

Following. What corals do you have?

gareth.hubbarde · 09/18/2020, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Zionas

Following. What corals do you have?

I have mostly lps - 3 branching hammers, 2 acans, one torch, one Duncan, one lobo. Several types of softs - zoas and mushrooms, one leather.
2 sps - a red plating montipora and a new purple stylophora frag.

Tank been up about a year now.

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Boonz28 · 09/19/2020, 12:56 AM

I personally use BRS 2 part for my tanks. Cheap and effective.

Alex114 · 09/19/2020, 06:28 AM

Brs 2 part is what I use as well. The 7 pound bag for each has easy to follow instructions and will last you a long time with what you have in your tank. Also they have a calculator on their website so you know exactly how much to dose

gareth.hubbarde · 09/19/2020, 06:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex114

Brs 2 part is what I use as well. The 7 pound bag for each has easy to follow instructions and will last you a long time with what you have in your tank. Also they have a calculator on their website so you know exactly how much to dose

Unfortunately not available here in the UK. Think I will use seachem 2 part, it has very favourable reviews.

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billdogg · 09/19/2020, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Boonz28

I personally use BRS 2 part for my tanks. Cheap and effective.

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Originally Posted by Alex114

Brs 2 part is what I use as well. The 7 pound bag for each has easy to follow instructions and will last you a long time with what you have in your tank. Also they have a calculator on their website so you know exactly how much to dose

Me three, along with BRS 1.1ml dosers

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Originally Posted by gareth.hubbarde

Unfortunately not available here in the UK. Think I will use seachem 2 part, it has very favourable reviews.

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You should be able to find Calcium Chloride and Soda Ash pretty easily.

Axel33 · 10/01/2020, 04:35 AM

I use the BRS alk and calcium and is chceap. I used to use the Read Sea but that was expensive if you have a big tank.

09/18/2020, 10:19 AM	#1
gareth.hubbarde Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2017 Posts: 719	Dosing calcium and alkalinity OK looking for opinions as to which is best method of dosing. Lfs sells Red skeletal elements stuff, I'm more used to 2 bottle system, one for calcium one for Alk. Thinking of seachem 2 bottle system (reef fusion) At present tank seems to be using Alk quite quickly, not so much calcium surprisingly. Currently at calcium 420 Alk 7.9 but dosing to get it back above 8. Sent from my CLT-L09 using Tapatalk

09/18/2020, 10:36 AM	#2
Zionas Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2020 Posts: 474	Following. What corals do you have?

09/19/2020, 12:56 AM	#4
Boonz28 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2020 Posts: 3	I personally use BRS 2 part for my tanks. Cheap and effective.

09/19/2020, 06:28 AM	#5
Alex114 Registered Member Join Date: May 2019 Location: Northeast Ohio Posts: 162	Brs 2 part is what I use as well. The 7 pound bag for each has easy to follow instructions and will last you a long time with what you have in your tank. Also they have a calculator on their website so you know exactly how much to dose

10/01/2020, 04:35 AM	#8
Axel33 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2020 Posts: 19	I use the BRS alk and calcium and is chceap. I used to use the Read Sea but that was expensive if you have a big tank.