Ideal dosing strategy

[scotty333]

Hey guys

So I’ve been dosing afr now for 3 months or so and icps come back 0 on most traces so I now dose a and k in addition to boost traces

I hooked up a ph monitor and was disappointed by the 8.0 result which is probably due to the vodka dosing because everything else to gain higher ph is done

So I see quite a few dose kalk in addition to their afr but I don’t want calcium going through the roof

Is soda ash a good alternative ?

Current stats are kh 9.3 , calcium 440 and mag 1300

I’m thinking of adding kalk/soda ash to raise it to 10 hoping I’ll get the boost but will this work?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

I would not assume any changes you make now will make your tank thrive better.

Kalkwasser will not cause calcium to go through the roof. It has exactly the same calcium to alk ratio that you are using now with AFR.

 

[scotty333]

I would not assume any changes you make now will make your tank thrive better.

Kalkwasser will not cause calcium to go through the roof. It has exactly the same calcium to alk ratio that you are using now with AFR.

Understand boss but isn’t there evidence that ph 8.3 over 7.8 produces 50% more growth?