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Drake1
02/28/2009, 05:36 PM
just curious how much 2 part you are using per day or week? how many gallons is your system and is it have sps or not
thanks jeff

graveyardworm
02/28/2009, 05:48 PM
Randy's 2 part - 1/2 cup alk, 1/2 cup Ca, and 1/4 cup Mg per day. 180g full of sps frags with a few larger pieces.

Boyman
02/28/2009, 07:02 PM
Randy's 2 part

100ml Alk/ 100 ml Ca/ 60 ml Mag every other day

x2uranium
02/28/2009, 07:21 PM
210 ml - alk - ca.

will16
02/28/2009, 08:57 PM
90 gal - SPS/LPS

Bulkreef 2 part
currently
140ml alk daily
170ml ca daily

fishysteve
02/28/2009, 09:42 PM
650 mL of each / day Recipe 2
120 gal 95% SPS

Logzor
02/28/2009, 09:44 PM
90g sps tank

60ml a day kent tech calcium
24/7 topoff limewater

TomRep
02/28/2009, 10:23 PM
50 gallon mixed reef, sps and zoanthid dominated. Using Rand's two part. 24ml Ca, 26ml alk per day.
tom

Fished up
02/28/2009, 10:40 PM
I add 90-100ml per day of Ca and Alk supplements from Bulkreef, along with Lime water top-off, to my 90 gallon mostly SPS mixed reef

pwoller
02/28/2009, 10:53 PM
One turkey baster full of each part once a day.

PUGroyale
03/01/2009, 12:48 AM
300-400ml per day, but I've got a lot of full size colonies.. I use an ATO for my alk so it's replaced steadily throughout the day, no idea how much.

SunnyX
03/01/2009, 01:08 AM
Randy's two part- 60ML day CA 60ML day ALK 1.25 cups of MG once both gallons of solution are finished. 100gl tank, around 130gl total water volume.

SunnyX
03/01/2009, 01:14 AM
You know, after reading everyone's dosages I'm gonna have to recheck a few things on my tank. I may have to find a way to incorporate MG into the daily mix.

SunnyX
03/01/2009, 01:18 AM
Heres what gets me, Randy states to add the MG AFTER finishing both gallons first:

Recipe #2, Part 3A

Dissolve Epsom salts (3 cups) and magnesium chloride hexahydrate (5 cups) in enough purified freshwater to make 1 gallon total volume. There will likely be a precipitate that forms even if you fully dissolve both ingredients separately. That precipitate is calcium sulfate (calcium as an impurity in the magnesium chloride and sulfate from the Epsom salts). It is fine and appropriate to dose the precipitate along with the remainder of the fluid by shaking it up before dosing.

This solution is added much less frequently than the other two parts. Each time you finish adding a gallon of both parts of Recipe #2, add 305 mL (1 ΒΌ cups) of this stock solution. You can add it all at once or over time as you choose, depending on the aquarium's size and set up. Add it to a high flow area, preferably a sump. In a very small aquarium, or one without a sump, I suggest adding it slowly.

The first time it's added, I recommend adding just a small portion and making sure there isn't any problem (such as corals closing up due to stress) before adding the remainder. Make sure corals and other organisms don't get blasted with locally high concentrations of the main ingredients or impurities, or else they may become stressed. This solution contains about 47,000 ppm magnesium, 70,000 ppm sulfate and 86,000 ppm chloride.

graveyardworm
03/01/2009, 07:36 AM
and the line after what you highlighted.

You can add it all at once or over time as you choose

Apparently criutters arent as sensative to Mg fluctuations. Each tank is different and had different needs, but you know this. Apparently I'm using a bit more Mg than what the dosing scheme is stated for, but I also havent quite got the Mg nailed down yet as far as dosing. I test every week and adjust my dosing if necessary. Ca and Alk have been spot on for awhile. Mg I have to go without every so often to let it come back down.

ct_vol
03/01/2009, 08:29 AM
FWIW a lot of people add Mg to their top off water... Including Myself... ;)

amaya
03/01/2009, 12:48 PM
I use kent marine and it says to use 2 capfuls for 50 gl,i have a 50gl mixed reef,lps,6rbtas,zoos,and a few sps.I cant get my Ca,Alk,Mg up.I do 5gl weekly water changes and dose the two part 2-3 times a week.Should i add an extra capful or just add daily?Thanks in advance.

SHOmuchFUN
03/02/2009, 12:04 PM
I dose about 80ml of both ca/alk on a 75gal tank with 3/4 SPS and 1/4 LPS/softies. I make a gallon of Mg and dose about a 1/4 of the jug every week or so, as I go through about a gallon of each ca/alk every month or two.

bboersma79
03/08/2009, 11:31 AM
[violation]

kev apsley
03/08/2009, 05:18 PM
24g with sps and lps

10ml Alk B-Ionic
10ml Ca B-ionic
5 ml Mg Kents Tech M

monti1
03/08/2009, 07:17 PM
40 ML of Alk 30 ML of Cal with Bionic 2 part.


120 rr with SPS, LPs and 4 Clams

salmon alley
03/08/2009, 07:39 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14508297#post14508297 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ct_vol
FWIW a lot of people add Mg to their top off water... Including Myself... ;)

How are you doing this? I mean, how are you preparing the top-off water to dose Mg?

CalmSeasQuest
03/16/2010, 09:58 AM
BRS 2-Part, 76 ml/day of each plus ATO maxed with Kalk to maintain 9dKh and 420 Ca. 10% bi-weekly WC to maintain trace elements and Mag monthly as needed (BRS) to maintain 1450.

~50 gal total crammed with SPS.

jackson6745
03/16/2010, 10:25 AM
50mls B-ionic daily on a 34gal filled with SPS

DBarsotti
03/16/2010, 10:56 AM
65g 50ml+ alk/ca per day of B-ionic

driftin
03/16/2010, 11:07 AM
70 gallon, 200ml of recipe 2 every day

I had started a similar thread last month, http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1799280

LifeAquatic
03/16/2010, 12:00 PM
Using Bulk Reef Supply 2 part Kit. Numerous SPS in 180 gal display. Dosing 120 ML a day of cal and alk. Roughly 5 ounces of Mag every wk. Works great = )

saltwater4life1
03/16/2010, 12:32 PM
I am dosing about 50ml a day of each in my 55gal

phurst
03/16/2010, 02:43 PM
My dosing pump goes through a gallon of Randy's 2 part in about 10 days.

150 SPS heavy.