Thoughts on Teopic Marin’s All-For-Reef?

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Hi all,

I’ve been dosing red sea mag and calcium and adding sea chem alkalinity separately. Have heard some good things about all-for-reef so I just have to dose one supplement, does anyone have experience with it and how I should dose in a 40 gallon with LPS and some softies?

Currently parameters are great:
Temp: 78F
Ph: 8.0
Salinity: 1.025
Alkalinity 8.5
Mag: 1350
Calcium: 420
Phosphates .08-.1
Nitrates: 15-20ppm
nitrites & ammonia: 0

Thanks in advance!
 

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Like all methods, AFR has its pros (primarily convenience) and cons (cost and no pH boost). It’s a fine way to go in most instances except automated alk measurement and dosing.
 
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Like all methods, AFR has its pros (primarily convenience) and cons (cost and no pH boost). It’s a fine way to go in most instances except automated alk measurement and dosing.
what do you mean by automated alk measurement and dosing? Are you saying I need to add alk separately?
 

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You can’t test it right away. I believe it needs a bacterial reaction/component to convert it into useable alk which takes time.
 

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what do you mean by automated alk measurement and dosing? Are you saying I need to add alk separately?

I mean a machine that tests alk for you and then dispenses a dose for you based on that measurement. AFR is not optimal in that use due to alk not being immediately detectable.
 
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I mean a machine that tests alk for you and then dispenses a dose for you based on that measurement. AFR is not optimal in that use due to alk not being immediately detectable.
ohhh okay I see I see. Well I need to invest in one of those, it reads and then doses accordingly? I’ve been doing this the hard way all along lol
 

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AFR is hands down the best thing I've started dosing that made a huge difference in all of my corals. I've been using it for about a year now. I have a mixed reef and pretty even split of acros/sps, lps, softies, BTA and a maxima clam and all have done well since adding AFR.

I have a 90g and dose 45ml a day spread out over 24 hours. That keeps all my parameters nice and stable. I use the powdered version you mix yourself.
 

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I mean a machine that tests alk for you and then dispenses a dose for you based on that measurement. AFR is not optimal in that use due to alk not being immediately detectable.
How long does it take to be detectable, roughly? I still manually test my alk daily and adjust my a4r dose based on that. Am I doing it wrong? :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:
 

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