It’s easy to keep a small amount of Randy’s DIY recipes around for such occasions and I also use it to raise the Pro Reef salt as it has been mixing up at 6.8 alk for me lately so I raise it near 8.
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This chart came with AFR. It appears to be a fix-all no?
I’m curious how you raise the salt alkalinity?It’s easy to keep a small amount of Randy’s DIY recipes around for such occasions and I also use it to raise the Pro Reef salt as it has been mixing up at 6.8 alk for me lately so I raise it near 8.
Right. Just new to AFR, I was wondering if I needed to go out and purchase more B Ionic until AFR dosages are determined. (Weeks from now)The flow chart you posted is to help guide the hobbyist "manually" adjust using their respective product. You could manually adjust using ESV parts or any other but the graphic above is to help guide. Increase the dose, continue with same dose but add A, etc. It is "in addition to", decrease AFR dos, or continue with the same sort of thing.
I adjusted with my left over ESV part and in my case only had to adjust alkalinity.
Nope… you’ll know within 2-3 days max if you need to adjust it up or down… it’s a stand alone product! The only down fall is the ph isn’t boosted like others.Right. Just new to AFR, I was wondering if I needed to go out and purchase more B Ionic until AFR dosages are determined. (Weeks from now)
I’m curious how you raise the salt alkalinity?
Which DIY method?
Nope… you’ll know within 2-3 days max if you need to adjust it up or down… it’s a stand alone product! The only down fall is the ph isn’t boosted like others.
Could one compensate it by dosing A and K?Yes, that is certainly true.
It’s a stand alone product?
How did you manage to draw that conclusion?
Been using it in my mature 165 gal DT for going on 2 years. It works great. Multiple ICP tests show all my main and trace elements stay rock solid. I wish I’d know about it for all those years using 2Part and calcium reactors.So I’ve read up and watched a ton of videos and of course Reef2reef has nicely put things into perspective regarding the switchover.
I’m just curious, what will I learn. What should I learn about this new direction. What have you learned that surprised you? Thanks in advance.
Oh - if you can give me a trace element that you think AFR over doses (I think you mentioned that in another post) or under or can't keep up, let me know. I have some data so can look how it works in my system out of curiosity.
Hope your day is well.
Multiple ICP tests show all my main and trace elements stay rock solid.
If Iodine or strontium is low you can't increase the daily dose of AFR to increase it. You have to buy a product, calculate the dose, and then add. Some raise this as a point of contention but I don't see it that way.
In fact I would question how one would know but I know the answer, they run ICP tests. So if one is into trace element control or additive methods like DSR, Triton, Moonshiner, or other than this isn't the tool/product to use.
How much daily dose? What is your tank predominantly?Been using it in my mature 165 gal DT for going on 2 years. It works great. Multiple ICP tests show all my main and trace elements stay rock solid. I wish I’d know about it for all those years using 2Part and calcium reactors.
Like in nutrient supply and with nutrients I have noticed that chasing numbers is not helpful with trace element supply also.
Same here, but RHF says don’t measure mag, so I’m following that advise…usually resulting in very high magnesium
I agree that phosphate is extremely important for all organisms and in the water for coral growth. Possibly artificial dry rock or rock low in phosphate requires special measures. Also here I agree. However, this is something special that users of such rocks or ceramics should be aware of and that is not what the average reefer understands under "chasing numbers".my previous Marco Rock tank was binding P so aggressively for 1 year that I had to dose 0.16 ppm daily for months to get it to saturate. That high volume dosing had to be done several times, because the system would walk backwards after a few months of stopping or decreasing the dose. Had I not chased that P level to get the tank saturated, that system would have crashed. Phosphate is so important, and everything needs it to thrive.
If all essential trace elements are in a constant supply with well balanced trace element solutions there's a constant replenishment. The problem is that the normal concentrations of some trace elements are so low or the trace elements are precipitating so fast that ICP-OES will most likely not find them, or the concentrations may not be representative for the average concentration over a longer period of time.Regarding not chasing trace elements…
Yes, you can let them become depleted, corals will adapt, but I do not believe our reef tanks are the same as the ocean. For me it’s not optimal for a reef tank. In the ocean there’s a constant replenishment, and a abundance of other resources available. The conditions are far more favorable for the corals to thrive, keep resistance from pathogens, thermal stress, photo inhibition, etc.