So I use a Trident to test all the default 4 times a day - midnight,6am,noon,6pm and I dose alk supplements after those tests to correct back to where I want... Naturally as alk is consumed I'm basically testing at the low points before correcting it up causing swings as it's consumed and re-add... So here's what I'm curious about...
Tank is SPS dominate and as my alk usage increases these swings are getting larger... What used to be .1 or .2 dkH swings in each period are getting closer to .5 as things grow... Do I need to "spread out" my dosing more to avoid this? Right now I'm using kalk at night and 2 part during the day with some kalk in between doses during the day and vacuum snuck in twice a day. Kalk is mainly for helping pH. Here's a snapshot photo of what my dosing schedule looks like...
Trying to keep things as stable as possible so any suggestions welcomed as far as timing or dosing...
Alk - targeting 8.2/ 8.3
Calc - targeting about 450, currently 420
Mag - target 1450, currently about 1500
Nitrate about 8, phos about 0.06
PH currently 8.1 to 8.3
![PXL_20230225_194112108.jpg PXL_20230225_194112108.jpg](https://test.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/2966/2966336-a7dc317fe14bb8d56a90c4f7db6fe75e.jpg)
Tank is SPS dominate and as my alk usage increases these swings are getting larger... What used to be .1 or .2 dkH swings in each period are getting closer to .5 as things grow... Do I need to "spread out" my dosing more to avoid this? Right now I'm using kalk at night and 2 part during the day with some kalk in between doses during the day and vacuum snuck in twice a day. Kalk is mainly for helping pH. Here's a snapshot photo of what my dosing schedule looks like...
Trying to keep things as stable as possible so any suggestions welcomed as far as timing or dosing...
Alk - targeting 8.2/ 8.3
Calc - targeting about 450, currently 420
Mag - target 1450, currently about 1500
Nitrate about 8, phos about 0.06
PH currently 8.1 to 8.3
![PXL_20230225_194112108.jpg PXL_20230225_194112108.jpg](https://test.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/2966/2966336-a7dc317fe14bb8d56a90c4f7db6fe75e.jpg)