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- Peekskill, N.Y.
Hi everyone. What is a normal dose of 2 part in a 90 gal? I have to keep raising my dose and I'm usually at the low end. Cal 410 Alk 8.6. Right now I"m dosing 70ml daily,is this normal?
a quick way to gague your current calcium demands (and therefore how much you need to dose) is to measure your calcium, wait a week without dosing or waterchanges, and measure again. divide by 7 (or however many days you waited) and you will have your daily calcium consumption. 1 ml of B-ionic will raise the Ca of 1 gal of saltwater approximately 16ppm. with these numbers you should easily be able to figure out how much you need to dose.
you should still test occasionally as when your corals grow your daily Ca consumption will also increase...
hope that helps.
What's your Mg level? It may be low which is why your dosing so much. Mg helps maintain Ca and Alk levels.