Floyd R Turbo
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The reef tank I maintain has always needed Alk dosing, I've been using Brightwell Alkalin8.3-P and Seachem Reef Advantage Calcium also. Recently I started testing Strontium and Iodide/Iodate (both Salifert) and those are pretty much zero, so I bought Seachem Strontium and Seachem Iodide. I also bought Seachem Magnesium.
Q #1: As far as Alk, Ca, and Mg go, there is a maximum daily dose. Obviously for Iodide, you don't want to overdose either. But Strontium says nothing about a maximum dose. I figured that I would have to add the entire 480mL bottle to get the Strontium level to around 11. Would that be a bad idea?
Q #2: Mg, Ca, and Alk dosing. Both the Ca and Mg bottles from Seachem say that you should not dose these on the same day as Alk, or at least 30 minutes apart if you have to. Is this the general rule for all Alk dosing products in relation to Ca and Mg? Is this just something I am going to have to deal with, or is there a way around that? I assume it doesn't apply to a drip system, since you're not adding a lot at once?
Q #1: As far as Alk, Ca, and Mg go, there is a maximum daily dose. Obviously for Iodide, you don't want to overdose either. But Strontium says nothing about a maximum dose. I figured that I would have to add the entire 480mL bottle to get the Strontium level to around 11. Would that be a bad idea?
Q #2: Mg, Ca, and Alk dosing. Both the Ca and Mg bottles from Seachem say that you should not dose these on the same day as Alk, or at least 30 minutes apart if you have to. Is this the general rule for all Alk dosing products in relation to Ca and Mg? Is this just something I am going to have to deal with, or is there a way around that? I assume it doesn't apply to a drip system, since you're not adding a lot at once?