dosing help

[William Lutman]

So I am going to set up my dosing for first time

I have tested my tank and it drops 4.09 ppm Calc/day. 0.3564 Dhk Alc per day, and 27.27ppm Mag

So I used BSR's calculator... total gallons is only 42

Calc 21.4 Ml/day
Alk 0.7 Ml / day
Mag 91.4 Ml / day

Does that sound right?

Thanks
Will

 

[William Lutman]

Using BSR 2 part + kit

 

[Hyperlitexr50]

I use 100ml a day of both for my 125g and I only dose the mag at the end of each gallon like it sez.

 

[Hyperlitexr50]

You should dose equally so ph stays stable I think. Raise your levels up to the desire level over a few days then figure out how much your tank uses.

 

[William Lutman]

What are your target #'s?

I am thinking
460 PPM Calc
9.0 DHk Alc
1300 PPM Mag

Thanks
Will

 

[kratos1028]

I use this calculator to see how much I need.

http://reef.diesyst.com/chemcalc/chemcalc.html

 

[EricTheRed]

I use 100ml a day of both for my 125g and I only dose the mag at the end of each gallon like it sez.

I'm going to be stopping kalk and starting 2-part now that I acquired a new dosing pump. My problem is that I don't know my demand or where to start with the 2-part since the kalk keep everything stable. I don't want to stop dosing kalk to measure the decrease in ca/alk. Do you have a lot of stoney coral in your 125?