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Old 01/03/2008, 10:11 AM
crpeck crpeck is offline
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Sure ... I've had to use that stuff regularly on my 55 for a long time. I've got sooooo much coralline and maybe it's the Oceanic but I've consistently had the Ca and Alk sucked out of my system faster than I can replenish with water changes.

Ca stays okay, but the Alk and my pH drop too low without dosing. The combo that works for me is 2 parts of the B for each 1 part of A. 2B:1A rather than the equal dosing they say in the directions.

Given your numbers, looks like you can do the equal parts in your display but you might want to consider 2B:1A or even just the B in your frag tank where your Ca is okay.

Good Luck

p.s. Jay ... if you're reading this I know you're going "tsk tsk" that we're buying additives and not using DYI. Maybe one of these days I'll invest the time into refiguring the dose that works for the DYI. Right now I'm happy with the ease of my routine.