| Date | Time | Comments | +15g (20ml) Turbo Calcium = +40ppm Ca | Ca appears stable @ 4g of Kent Turbo Calcium daily, though this varies | |
| +5ml Coral Builder = +0.3 meq/L | Alk stable @ 2.5ml of Kent Coral Builder daily | ||||
| +5ml Kent Liquid Reactor | Holds Ca stable, but not sufficient for Alk | ||||
| 2/7/2007 | 9:00 AM | Dosed 1.25ml ea Kent C*B part A & B (candidate for daily dosage) then tested. Alk level came out fine, but Ca was low -- may be a test kit issue, I'm near the bottom of the reagent bottles. Saw a big swing from yesterday's 460 ppm to today's 430 ppm -- particularly since I dosed the Ca buffer. | |||
| 2/6/2007 | 9:00 AM | Dosed 10ml ea Kent C*B part A & B. | |||
| 1/29/2007 | 9:00 AM | Dosed 5ml ea. Kent C*B part A & B. Didn't dose Epsom Salts -- Mg test kit out of reagents | |||
| 1/28/2007 | 9:00 AM | Dosed 100g of Epsom Salts (2nd of 3 daily doses) | |||
| 1/27/2007 | 10:00 AM | Dosed 5ml ea. Kent C*B part A & B, 100g of Epsom Salts (1st of 3 daily doses) | |||
| 1/22/2007 | 9:00 AM | tested, dosed 20ml Kent Turbo Calcium, 3 drops of Lugol's Solution | |||
| 1/11/2007 | 9:00 AM | tested, dosed 15ml each Kent Tech C*B parts A & B | |||
| 12/30/2006 | 2:07 AM | tested, dosed 3 drops of Lugol's Solution | |||
| (Holidays -- tested and dosed, just didn't log regularly) | |||||
| 12/15/2006 | 9:25 AM | 3 drops of Lugol's Solution | |||
| 12/7/2006 | 12:00 AM | Dosed 5ml Kent Liquid Reactor | |||
| 12/6/2006 | 12:30 AM | Dosed 5ml Kent Liquid Reactor | |||
| 12/5/2006 | 7:30 AM | tested | |||
| 12/4/2006 | 8:30 AM | tested, dosed 10ml Kent Liquid Reactor | |||
| 12/3/2006 | 11:00 PM | Dosed 10ml Kent Liquid Reactor | |||
| 12/3/2006 | 12:30 AM | tested (10ml Kent Liquid Reactor +0.23 meq/L, +20 ppm Ca. Mg ??) | |||
| 12/2/2006 | 11:15 PM | Dosed 10ml Kent Liquid Reactor (Alk 3.09, Ca 440 1 hr later) | |||
| 12/2/2006 | 11:00 PM | tested | |||
| 12/1/2006 | 10:00 AM | Dosed 5ml Kent Liquid Reactor | |||
| 11/30/2006 | 10:00 AM | tested | |||
| 11/28/2006 | 9:00 AM | tested, dosed 5 ml Kent Coral Builder | |||
| 11/27/2006 | 12:40 AM | tested, dosed 4 ml Kent Coral Builder | |||
| 11/25/2006 | 1:00 AM | tested, dosed 1.5ml Kent Coral Builder, 3 drops of Lugol's Solution | |||
| 11/22/2006 | 9:00 AM | tested, switched to meq/L for Alk unit of measure | |||
| 11/22/2006 | 2:00 AM | Dosed 2.5ml Kent Coral Builder | |||
| 11/21/2006 | 12:30 AM | Dosed 2.5ml Kent Coral Builder | |||
| 11/20/2006 | 9:30 AM | tested, Ca and Alk levels pretty much spot on | |||
| 11/19/2006 | 11:00 PM | tested, dosed 5ml Kent Coral Builder, 30g Turbo Calcium | |||
| 11/18/2006 | 4:00 PM | 15g water change | |||
| 11/18/2006 | 11:00 AM | tested, dosed 5ml Kent Coral Builder, 200g Epsom Salts | |||
| 11/16/2006 | 11:15 PM | tested, dosed 5ml Kent Coral Builder | |||
| 11/15/2006 | 8:30 AM | tested, dosed 3ml Kent Coral Builder | |||
| 11/12/2006 | 11:40 PM | tested, dosed 5ml Kent Coral Builder, 7.5g Turbo Ca, 3 drops of Lugol's Solution | |||
| 11/10/2006 | 8:30 AM | tested, dosed 2.5ml Kent Coral Builder, 7.5g Turbo Ca | |||
| 11/8/2006 | 8:00 AM | tested, dosed 2.5ml Kent Coral Builder | |||
| 11/7/2006 | 9:15 AM | tested, dosed 2.5ml Kent Coral Builder | |||
| 11/5/2006 | 11:50 PM | Dosed 3.75ml Kent Coral Builder | |||
| 11/4/2006 | 4:50 PM | Ca 450 | |||
| 11/4/2006 | 11:20 AM | Ca 415 Alk 9.0 Mg 1350 -- Dosed 10g Turbo Ca | |||
| 11/3/2006 | 12:45 AM | Ca 400 Alk 8.0 -- Dosed 15g Turbo Ca, 10ml Coral Builder. Retested Ca @ 440 15 mins later | |||
| 10/30/2006 | 9:45 PM | Dosed 5ml Kent Coral Builder and 10ml Salifert liquid Magnesium | |||
| 10/28/2006 | 11:57 PM | Dosed 20g of Kent Turbo Calcium. Also dosed 3 drops of Lugol's Solution | |||
| 10/25/2006 | 9:00 AM | Checked levels, Dosed 17g of Kent Turbo Calcium. Should raise Ca by 30ppm | |||
| 10/25/2006 | 6:30 AM | Dosed 1ml Kent Coral Builder | |||
| 10/24/2006 | 11:30 PM | Going to try and bring Mg up using Epsom Salts. Dosed 100g of 236g total necessary dosage (236g to raise Mg from 1170 to 1285ppm) | |||
| 10/22/2006 | 11:00 PM | 7.5ml of Kent Coral Builder | |||
| 10/22/2006 | 12:50 AM | Tested Ca. Checked http://jdieck1.home.comcast.net/chemcalc.html and found I need to use 28.9 grams; 1 oz; approx 5.7 tsp of Kent Turbo Calcium to raise to 400ppm. Dosed 3 tsp Kent Turbo Calcium. Will dose remainder tomorrow after testing | |||
| 10/20/2006 | 11:34 PM | Dosed 1.25ml Kent Turbo Calcium | |||
| 10/20/2006 | 12:00 PM | Dosed 1.25ml Kent Turbo Calcium | |||
| 10/19/2006 | 11:00 PM | Dosed 30ml Salifert Liquid Magnesium | |||
| 10/18/2006 | 11:00pm | Dosed 30ml Salifert Liquid Magnesium | |||
| 10/18/2006 | 1:00pm | Checked Mg | |||
| 10/17/2006 | 11:55pm | Checked levels then Dosed 30ml Salifert Liquid Magnesium | |||
| 10/16/2006 | 11:45pm | Mg 1200, Ca 320, Alk 8.6 - no dosing | |||
| 10/16/2006 | 1:00am | 2.5ml of Kent Coral Builder | |||
| 10/15/2006 | 2:00pm | Checked levels | |||
| 10/14/2006 | 12:30am | Mg 1200, Alk 8.6, Ca 350. Dosed 15ml Salifert liquid Magnesium and 15ml Kent Liquid Reactor. Check for 'official' levels in the morning. | |||
| 10/12/2006 | 7:45am | Checked Mg, Alk, Ca. Dosed 15ml Salifert liquid Magnesium | |||
| 10/12/2006 | 11:15pm | Mg 1190, Alk 8.0, Ca 380. Dosed 15ml Salifert liquid Magnesium, 7.5ml of Kent Coral Builder | |||
| 10/11/2006 | 12:30pm | Checked levels. Alk stable, ca low but stable, mg improving. | |||
| 10/11/2006 | 10:54pm | Checked Mg (1170ppm). Dosed 15ml Salifert Liquid Magnesium and 7.5ml Kent Liquid Reactor | |||
| 10/10/2006 | 11:43pm | Checked levels. Alk stable, ca rebounding, mg improving. Dosed 15ml of Salifert Liquid Magnesium. | |||
| 10/9/2006 | 15% water change this weekend. Calcium at 380, Alk at 8.0 Have decided to drop target alk to 8.5 and calcium to 400. Dosed 15ml Kent Liquid Reactor this am, after testing levels. Will check levels again tonight. UPDATE: Adding Kent Liquid Reactor (twice! again at 5pm) had zero effect -- calcium in free fall, as is magnesium. Have to raise magnesium at this point, it's too low and is making balanced alk/ca impossible. Dosed 15ml of Salifert Liquid Magnesium to try and stabilize Mg. Also dosed 3 drops of Lugol's Solution and 7.5ml of Kent Coral Builder. | ||||
| 10/5/2006 | Checked Alk, Ca, Mg, pH & SG first thing in the morning. 15 ml of Kent Liquid Reactor dosed last night didn't hold levels. Mg is a bit low, could be affecting Ca. Already know that KLR isn't much good at holding Alk levels. Decrease/difficulty w/ Ca levels started at the same time I raised Alk, connection? | ||||
| 10/4/2006 | Checked Alk & Ca first thing in the morning, measured 9.6 and 375 respectively. 15 ml of Kent Liquid Reactor dosed last night seemed to barely hold levels flat. Dosed another 15ml at 7:00am this morning. Will retest in an hour to measure the effect.Tested @ 8:15, 10.2 & 385 | ||||
| 10/3/2006 | 15ml of Kent Liquid Reactor @ 11:45pm. | ||||
| 10/2/2006 | Dosed 7.5 ml of Kent Coral Builder and 15ml of Kent Liquid Reactor @ 11:15pm | ||||
| 10/1/2006 | Installed auto-topoff | ||||
| 9/30/2006 | Dosed 3 drops Lugol's Solution | ||||
| 9/27/2006 | Started dosing 7.5 ml of Kent Coral Builder nightly | ||||
| 9/21/2006 | Measured Alk as 9.0 @ 6:30am. Dosed 7.5 ml Kent Coral Builder. Retested at 8:00am and got the 10.2 reading | ||||
| 9/20/2006 | Single-dosed Kent Coral Builder, bounced Alk back to 9.6 | ||||
| 9/19/2006 | Raising KH to try and reduce green algae growth | ||||
| 9/4/2006 | NH4 jump due to feeding increase? | ||||
| 8/29/2006 | Tested Ca twice. First test was @ 440, 2nd @ 410. Haven't dosed any Ca -- some kind of test error maybe connected to testing in late afternoon? Dosed 7.5 ml Kent Coral Builder @ 5:30pm | ||||
| 8/27/2006 | Dosed 10 ml Kent Coral Builder @ 5:00pm | ||||
| 8/15/2006 | Dosed 10 ml Kent Coral Builder @ 8:00am | ||||
| 8/7/2006 | Been dosing Kent Coral Builder for Alk. Recalibrated refractometer. | ||||
| 7/30/2006 | 10% water change | ||||
| 7/17/2006 | Dosed Kent Liquid Reactor, 10ml, on 7/15 | ||||
| 7/13/2006 | Dosed Kent Liquid Reactor, 10ml, on 7/12 | ||||
| 7/12/2006 | Dosed Kent Liquid Reactor, 10ml, on 7/10 & 7/11 | ||||
| 7/10/2006 | SG drop do to leak & resulting excessive RO/DI top-ups | ||||