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