I am currently adding Seachem Reef Buffer to my ATO water to keep my PH stable. I just switched my dosing to Tropic Marin All For Reef yesterday. Will I still need to add Reef Buffer to my ATO RO/DI water?
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I am currently adding Seachem Reef Buffer to my ATO water to keep my PH stable. I just switched my dosing to Tropic Marin All For Reef yesterday. Will I still need to add Reef Buffer to my ATO RO/DI water?
Expect the pH to be lower when using all for reef then higher pH alk supplements.I was adding Reef Buffer to my RO/DI ATO water for PH and dosing Redsea A,B and C as needed. Now I switched to All For Reef so I don’t have to dose all three separately.
I was using Reef Builder to maintain Alk, but then I switched to Redsea A, B and C when water changes weren’t quite maintaining the other two.
Would you recommend I stop adding reef buffer to my ATO water since I am dosing AFR?
Ph kept dropping to what number.My tank is an Innovative Marine Nuvo 20 AIO and it’s up and running for about a year and a half. When I first started it, my PH kept dropping and my LFS recommended adding Reef Buffer to my ATO water to maintain it. I started adding it and PH remained stable, so I’ve been using it ever since. I use a Hanna PH tester to check about once a month. I’m always stable at 8.1 to 8.2.
I’m definitely open to trying something different, but I just didn’t know what you would recommend adding with the AFR.
Would you recommend I stop adding reef buffer to my ATO water since I am dosing AFR?
For reference I dose 32ml A4R all at once in the morning in my 20 and alk will just stay at 7. So its like dosing 2 part throughout the day without a doser.Ok. Sounds pretty good. AFR IS great and i put 25 ml in my tank a day and holds alk steady. I hand dose by putting it in an upside down water bottle that has a small hole in cap and it drips in. Upside no way to over dose. Downside i have to this every morning. Not sure how you will do both the buffer which is probably sodium carbonate or soda ash and the AFr if you put in top off bucket. If you hand dose you could alternate everyday i would think. Which is something i am considering to try to achieve an 8.3 ph
How much buffer were you adding to the ATO? Im asking because I manually dose reef buffer a couple times a week to maintain 8-8.2. I average 3 tsp a week, so I’m thinking I will start with that amount in my ATO?My tank is an Innovative Marine Nuvo 20 AIO and it’s up and running for about a year and a half. When I first started it, my PH kept dropping and my LFS recommended adding Reef Buffer to my ATO water to maintain it. I started adding it and PH remained stable, so I’ve been using it ever since. I use a Hanna PH tester to check about once a month. I’m always stable at 8.1 to 8.2.
I’m definitely open to trying something different, but I just didn’t know what you would recommend adding with the AFR.
Im asking because I manually dose reef buffer a couple times a week to maintain 8-8.2.