Top 5 Things People Do Wrong When Dosing Calcium & Alkalinity

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  • Опубликовано: 7 янв 2019
  • In this video i will go over my top five things people do when dosing calcium and alkalinity to a reef tank. I have several more but these are the most common and frequently asked about.
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  • @liquidpapersynth
    @liquidpapersynth 4 года назад +34

    Love the no B.S.approach. There is so much of it in this hobby one could easily drown.

  • @AnimalKING
    @AnimalKING 4 года назад +28

    I died laughing when he said kicked in the pus

    • @trietnguyen6070
      @trietnguyen6070 3 года назад +9

      "For equality purposes" lmao

    • @briankavanagh7191
      @briankavanagh7191 3 года назад +1

      Marine life, we are stumped with the non-binary people, where do we kick them 🤣 🤣

  • @ousmanediallo-ne6mf
    @ousmanediallo-ne6mf 5 лет назад +2

    I love the conclusion part of the video when he said “ if you dislike the video just unsubscribe and move on...!!😂😂😂

  • @ogreeftanks9398
    @ogreeftanks9398 5 лет назад +3

    Your explanation makes a lot of sense. I have been watching dosing videos and reading books etc. on the subject for years, but your video was the easiest to understand.

  • @aussied723
    @aussied723 5 лет назад +6

    Free no bullshit advice, love your work 👍

  • @jonathancollins9831
    @jonathancollins9831 5 лет назад +3

    Damn! Your tank is looking friggin GREAT bro!! Really sweet seeing this thing grow, good job brotha

  • @dannybellew9557
    @dannybellew9557 4 года назад +2

    Travis, excellent content, especially for newbies to reefing (like me). Finding your channel to be an excellent resource, so wanted to say a sincere "Thank You"! 👍

  • @seanyenglish4264
    @seanyenglish4264 5 лет назад

    Thank you so much for the info. That was such a clear and understanding way of explaining it all. 👍🏾

  • @Bob-ww7ot
    @Bob-ww7ot 5 лет назад +1

    Great video. Thx The growth in ur tank is insane. Looks amazing

  • @mr.brownplumbing
    @mr.brownplumbing 4 года назад

    This video changed everything i felt about this guy. Great informative video. With facts. Well put together as far as not leaving out information

  • @markc6424
    @markc6424 5 лет назад

    Nice video lad, very good tips and info delivered in a no nonsense way

  • @jamesmorrison1166
    @jamesmorrison1166 5 лет назад

    Great video, simplifies the whole dosing thing greatly. Thanks.

  • @dg6187
    @dg6187 5 лет назад

    Great video as always keep them coming!

  • @AllegiancePressureWashing
    @AllegiancePressureWashing 5 лет назад +1

    Hey man. Thanks for all your content and hard work making such well thought out videos. I’ve been collecting all my equipment to start a 55gal reef little by little and learning a lot in the meantime. 👍

  • @d1nternal
    @d1nternal 5 лет назад

    This was quite helpful, thanks for making the vid.

  • @heidisfishtank7543
    @heidisfishtank7543 5 лет назад +1

    Fish of hex pH buffer rant always makes me smile.

  • @dudepros
    @dudepros 5 лет назад +11

    Your rant nearly made me piss myself! haha been sub'd for a long time with no regrets!

  • @billshreeveable
    @billshreeveable 5 лет назад +15

    Hah! Your one of the best on RUclips and originally real, thanks for the help on this great topic!

  • @sparrlow
    @sparrlow 4 года назад +1

    thanks so much for posting these advice videos! im just getting into the hobby and im looking around at as many different sources of information as I can, and videos like yours have been super helpful. Your corals all look so beautiful, I hope I can have tanks like yours someday!!

  • @nathanqwerty1
    @nathanqwerty1 5 лет назад

    such good info in this vid!!! all beginners need to watch this! nice one

  • @Everyday_Aquarist
    @Everyday_Aquarist 5 лет назад +1

    Amazing video bud! Not a topic alot of other reef keepers feel comfortable talking about.

  • @Sysgen
    @Sysgen 5 лет назад +1

    I enjoy being around people with the conviction to say what needs to be said.

  • @awilson500
    @awilson500 5 лет назад +1

    I appreciate how real you are! I need more straight to the point content. Started my tank in February using dry dead rock for the first time. My ugly brown stage has been going strong ever since. I hate it. I'm about to go all Rico and throw 50 turbo snails on it.

  • @lucasrios7355
    @lucasrios7355 5 лет назад

    Thanks for this video! Def help me understand more and clear up some things! Ima show this video to my dad. He needs to watch it!

  • @flyfree2574
    @flyfree2574 5 лет назад

    Very informative best video on the subject .Thanks for the very clear explanation subbed!

  • @matyas4878
    @matyas4878 5 лет назад +2

    Absolutely agree. Great video

  • @Ianrday7777
    @Ianrday7777 3 года назад

    Thank you very much, this is the best explanation of dosing I have seen. It helped me out a lot 👍 subscribed

  • @NaTopcho
    @NaTopcho 5 лет назад

    Hey Travis, you are the best dude, I love your vids and actually because of you I am in the hobby. Best of luck for the new 2019 and I hope you are getting better.

  • @PufferLover
    @PufferLover 5 лет назад

    Thanks a lot for the info! I really enjoyed it! I was making that mistake of adding two parts in two different amounts. Lesson learned 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

  • @rockyrocks6
    @rockyrocks6 4 года назад

    this is both hilarious and informative. you win!

  • @anniejefferson8136
    @anniejefferson8136 5 лет назад

    So helpful this morning with new doser. OMG thxs

  • @thepassionreef
    @thepassionreef 5 лет назад

    Awesome content in this episode Travis. Well done...Great depth of information and to the point...hope you are feeling well too brother...Peace..

  • @SirPaulB
    @SirPaulB 5 лет назад

    Amazing knowledge! Great video! Thanks!

  • @ghazanfaransari
    @ghazanfaransari 5 лет назад

    Very informative. Helped me in rectifying my mistakes. Thanks a lot. Your videos help us in making our eco systems more balanced and lively. Thanks again.

  • @margaretkamm4248
    @margaretkamm4248 5 лет назад

    This is the best video on dosing. Thank you! I'm just starting to wander into dosing my tank and I can never get good info on it.

  • @RipVanWinkle_Nature_Discovery
    @RipVanWinkle_Nature_Discovery 5 лет назад

    Beautiful tank. Love the saltwater mono's. I have them also. Great advice too.

  • @stephensmith8317
    @stephensmith8317 5 лет назад

    Back to the old days, love the attitude please keep it up

  • @erica.5583
    @erica.5583 Год назад

    Thanks! That’s a bad ass monti cap btw!! Very nice reef!!

  • @DeeFromBrooklyn
    @DeeFromBrooklyn 5 лет назад

    Great advise, most folks i see dosing are adding additives and they have no idea what they are adding them for.

  • @benherbold4000
    @benherbold4000 3 года назад

    Great content !!

  • @Bam-Bam1
    @Bam-Bam1 4 года назад

    👏👏👏 this video is on point!

  • @miltonnazario21
    @miltonnazario21 5 лет назад

    thank you for sharing your knowledge on reef

  • @AquaSplendor
    @AquaSplendor 5 лет назад +4

    I'm currently losing near 15 ppm of Alkalinity, almost 1 dkh, per day! In my 120L (33g) mixed tank.
    I use Coral Pro with their high value, so i don't dose much calcium and pretty much nothing for magnesium.
    Love your video.

  • @urbansuccess8265
    @urbansuccess8265 3 года назад

    My new favorite channel 💯!!!!

  • @ericalexander7194
    @ericalexander7194 5 лет назад

    Great video, was thinking about using that pH buffer glad I watched this video b4 thx

  • @anabolic123
    @anabolic123 4 года назад

    Extremely informative !

  • @sylvesterreef2637
    @sylvesterreef2637 5 лет назад

    Hi Travis that helps me cheers mate very good video 👍ps. Tank looking great👍

  • @opethmike
    @opethmike 5 лет назад +1

    Okay, it's normally not my sense of humor, but the delivery of the nuts/pus line made me laugh out loud. So thank you not only for the education, but the chuckle as well.

  • @rrrreefer9721
    @rrrreefer9721 5 лет назад +1

    This is the kinda content that just makes you say Hell Yeah!

  • @iglapsu88
    @iglapsu88 3 года назад

    Thanks Travis!

  • @tylerjaax4917
    @tylerjaax4917 5 лет назад

    Telling it like it is... I dig it! I love your videos. I use Kalk with 2 part and it took me some time to figure out how they interact. Now that things are rock solid and stable for about 18 months, I save a ton of money on two part.

  • @260fa
    @260fa 3 года назад

    That’s why I like this guy. Straight to it

  • @ProducerReef
    @ProducerReef 5 лет назад

    Thank You for this video!!!!!!!!!

  • @PicoLatrinidad
    @PicoLatrinidad 4 года назад

    Just started my small 28gal reef tank which I got established already. I do have 5 other freshwater tanks and a koi pond. Was stressing on this dosing thing with so many products out there until I watched this video. Guess I should buy test kits first and go from there. Thanks!

  • @budgetaquatics8506
    @budgetaquatics8506 5 лет назад

    Great video learned a lot

  • @marcussreef
    @marcussreef 5 лет назад

    Lol to funny. Subscribed after seeing this video. Seen a few and like the realistic approach you have to helping folks. Keep kicking and happy reefing.

  • @gogymisko
    @gogymisko 5 лет назад

    good video travis. please more like this. greetings from europe :)

  • @sovereignviper90
    @sovereignviper90 5 лет назад

    Thank you just thank you lol 👏👏. Keep on reefing man

  • @Manniejr310
    @Manniejr310 5 лет назад +1

    🤣 nice ending on #3 🙌🏼

  • @kernpierre5103
    @kernpierre5103 5 лет назад +1

    Thanks for this video...I started two part dosing started increasing dose thinking it wasn working and lost a lot of soft corals....will start on water change and not dose and see what happens...thanks!

  • @Reject06
    @Reject06 5 лет назад

    keeping it real is the best videos!

  • @eroggero
    @eroggero 5 лет назад +3

    Lots of great content, but FYI for me I like to have my duh at 9.8-10, but when doing a water change the new mix is usually 8.2 so I actually add some all to new water so I don’t drop my dkh after water change.. keep up the great work

  • @madzoanthids1122
    @madzoanthids1122 4 года назад

    Yes.... thank you for cutting through all the marketing BS and actually helping people setup builds for success. Keep those videos rolling....

  • @jordanwilde7421
    @jordanwilde7421 5 лет назад

    Excellent video

  • @Arizona9001
    @Arizona9001 3 года назад

    I LOVE YOU. Thank you

  • @jennychurchill8953
    @jennychurchill8953 4 года назад

    Thank you!

  • @Danzo285
    @Danzo285 5 лет назад

    Love the rage at the end. Ps i did like it.

  • @joanngerena6411
    @joanngerena6411 3 года назад

    Very informative thanks. I’m dosing reef pro a and b. My alk is 11.1 and my calcium is 383 on a Wednesday. My water changes are on sundays with Red Sea coral pro. Do you recommend me dosing calcium separately on top of the 2 part?

  • @dramad2974
    @dramad2974 5 лет назад

    Great video. Question, what is a suggested alk level on a higher nutrient tank and a suggested alk level on a ulns tank? Suggested tank temps to maintain an 8.5 alk?
    I recently hooked my heater up to the apex to maintain temp stability, over the last month, I've been having temp swings from day to night of 2 degrees and noticed my 2 part consumption has changed possibly because of it.
    I'm really trying to keep the big 3 levels as stable as possible, im really having difficulty dialing in daily dosing amounts, testing alk daily at the same time everyday, keeping a log. I'm with in .6 dkh from day to day but my dosing amounts vary, Anywhere from 10ml a day to 80ml a day. Not sure what happened but a few months back I was stable at 70ml a day, noticed some corals losing color, started testing daily and had to either not dose or dose way less than before to bring alk levels back near 8.5. Seems like since testing daily, my dosing amounts vary from day to day. I am manually dosing.
    Could the temp be the reason? My lighting is stable on the apex, no new coral additions, water changes bi weekly and match tanks parameters and temp. What am I doing wrong, lol?

  • @stevemunn367
    @stevemunn367 3 года назад

    Lovely tank

  • @JVS_Tarnished
    @JVS_Tarnished 5 лет назад

    The 300 is looking great!!

  • @chrishatcher5634
    @chrishatcher5634 5 лет назад

    Hey i really enjoy you videos you have a lot of helpful info!! i dose brs 2 part with a jeboa dosing pump and i would like to throw in my 2 cents i feel its important to monitor calcium regularly as well because i had build up block my calcium dosing tube alk was 9.5, cal was 300 because of this. I feel its good to watch both and mag on occasion 1-2 a month. I always dose equal parts like you suggest...

  • @yadieldiaz6395
    @yadieldiaz6395 5 лет назад

    Keeping an eye on your dkh it’s important because if it drops your Calcium will sky rocket and if your dkh it’s to high you’ll see the skeletons of your corals grow fast but not the tissue and magnesium keeps Calcium an Alk from binding so it’s very important to do your tests. Awesome video bud no bullshit in it and I really like that 💯👍🤟

  • @marcushardaway8621
    @marcushardaway8621 4 года назад +1

    What type of fish are the silver one with the yellow fins? Beautiful!

  • @newzombie1
    @newzombie1 4 года назад +2

    @ 6:57 you had me dieing!!! LMFAO 🤣

    • @hanzsolo851
      @hanzsolo851 4 года назад

      😂😂😂 as I was reading this comment I heard what he said. Clicked to see the time and it was 6:58 had me and the wife cracking up.

  • @mitian
    @mitian 5 лет назад

    Really nice video again, thanks for sharing, I do have some of the fish that you have- Purple Tang - Tomini and the Yellow Eye - could you make a video about the fish- not deep details but it will be kind of nice, I know you have made some in the past - but something new and also how do you deal with Nitrates with your tank.- For the first time I had Nitrates on my tank nothing major all the corals seems to be doing fine with the exception of my torch - one hammer and a duncan coral I am just doing 2 weekly water changes to regulate everything the way it was... Thank you in advance whether you make the video or not...

  • @tasanastasi7799
    @tasanastasi7799 5 лет назад

    Excellent !! as always great advice any particular order when dosing the chemicals manually and time lapse between dosing ? .... ..On another note , can you please do a video on how to feed the corals .. " Coral Feeding Challenge" ..it really is on many levels . I have a deep tank 90 cm and also lots of fish that keep hammering my corals when i try and feed them very annoying sometimes i bash them on the head to get out of the way ... Help

  • @kashbrown603
    @kashbrown603 4 года назад

    I have a canister and a HOB fuguim with skimmer and a good media to keep in my canister to support my tank?

  • @jjreef3523
    @jjreef3523 5 лет назад

    Nice content, will like to know about calcium reactor and color program, will love to know how r dosing it with ca reactor

  • @ferrari_guy3570
    @ferrari_guy3570 3 года назад

    I have a 10-gallon tank with one branching coral in it. Looks like I don't have to dose it because of my water changes every two weeks. This video just saved me some money brotha.

  • @jasonkorando
    @jasonkorando 5 лет назад +2

    LMAO at 6:50 Well said man!

  • @miketube6662
    @miketube6662 4 года назад

    Hi
    If ive got to dose 50 ml of alk should i dose one hit or two x 25 ml in a redsea 250

  • @danigerzon6881
    @danigerzon6881 5 лет назад

    hey man
    you have wonderful tank :)
    tell me can you give me your settings of jebao wave pumps?
    i have apex and module from jebao pumps

  • @rosedonnapur
    @rosedonnapur 3 года назад

    Just did my tests on Hannah calcium was 343 and alkalinity was 6.7 so I think I need to dose this was a verry helpful video

  • @megalodonphoenix4912
    @megalodonphoenix4912 5 лет назад

    Hi.. i use calcium reactor but my calcium is in high site around 480 and my kh is stable 7.7 .what i need to do with my crx to bring down calcium?

  • @MereReef
    @MereReef 5 лет назад +11

    When you say to dose in equal parts like 10ml or alk and calc what if the mixture cal/alk solution has a different ratio of 1:2 or does it still not matter? Some people say to dose more alk and less calcium etc so thats why i ask

    • @reeferexplained8846
      @reeferexplained8846 3 года назад

      Yep me too I dose 10ml Alk every hour from 10am- 3pm and always at 9dkh and dosing 10ml in the evening once on calcium its always at 480. But recently my alkalinity has dropped to 8dkh not sure why calcium is at 480.
      Here is my question do I up kh 10ml dosing 4pm and 5pm and test 24 hrs later or up my calcium to match exactly my dosing of alkalinity.
      It's 69 gal tank with Lps corals and couple of sps corals. Using hanna checker and salfert for kh test so it's correct.
      After water change every 10 days I replace 60litres and kh back to 9.4 and cal at 480.
      What's best in uk 🇬🇧 not dosing 2 part brs using aquaforest kh buffer power mixed in 2litre dosing container 80grams and same 80grams calcium from aquaforest power.

  • @billyd6539
    @billyd6539 5 лет назад

    Thats what i like. tell it like it is. the rest can _ _ _ _ _ _ _ do what the rest do. good info here

  • @salparmar7861
    @salparmar7861 4 года назад

    Loved how and what you said about the companies selling the product to increase the PH I still can’t stop laughing 😝 LMFAO 😂😜

  • @douglasachaiba7885
    @douglasachaiba7885 3 года назад

    Good day. New to dosing. Heard you say than if your alk is low and calcium is high or even normal equal parts are to be used. So let's say I need 15 MLS to raise my alk, do I have to dose 15 MLS of calcium? And when dosing like that, do I dose hours apart or a few minutes with regards to adding the alk and cal?

  • @mradams5455
    @mradams5455 Год назад

    What lights do you use?
    Do you Recommend Radion or Red Sea lights?
    Thanks

  • @sambloomfield5757
    @sambloomfield5757 3 года назад

    hi dont no if you will know this but do you no how meany dkh your tank tacks a day just so i no how much it tacks on a well grow in tank do no if you will no coz you use a calcium reactor dont have any experience wive one thanks so much thanks for the grat video

  • @BillyPipes
    @BillyPipes 5 лет назад

    When is the best time of day to dose alk and cal?

  • @DRYAHI
    @DRYAHI 4 года назад

    I got a question.. I dose 14mls of alk daily and it stays stable at 7.6, my Mag is stable at 1400, I dont dose calcium to drop it down but it keeps rising daily..its at 512 now from 476 yesterday.. red sed blue bucket at 1.026 salinity ? Any ideas why calcium is rising and not falling ? Thanks

  • @SirPaulB
    @SirPaulB 3 года назад

    I dont understand why i should dose both parts when my alk is low (6.7) and ca is high (475). Can i not dose alk only for a week or two to bring it back up to 7.5-8? I dont do water changes. Please explain

  • @karennation3580
    @karennation3580 3 года назад

    I have always done weekly water changes and kept my levels right on until i recently added a bunch of frags and alk dropped to 7. Your approach is a lot different than most. I am pretty new to the hobby so trying to get a lot of perspectives but I have been hearing that i have been doin it wrong. That weekly water changes dont keep it stable and its better to dose and change once a month! Like with kaklwasser, keeps it more steady. To be quite honest diffidently considering that route with 3 tanks! Plus I heard dkh should reamin very steady and its always 8.5 maybe 9.1 but in the same range but not on the same exact number and kalwasswer has the benefit of increasing ph, which most people say is good for growth. I know you have a lot of sps but a lot of people dont and sps has a very fast growth rate.

  • @marcosherrera675
    @marcosherrera675 3 года назад

    So I've been battling low alkalinity and low ph for 3 months.. my calcium was high in the 480s but alkalinity was low around 7.0 . I've been just dosing alkalinity for these past couple months NOT calcium. My calcium never goes below 460 ever. But mt alkalinity fluctuates and so does my ph. You said in your video I should be dosing two part equally.. did I understand that correctly? So should I dose calcium and alkalinity even though my calcium is high? Ph was 7.3 I got a co2 reactor. Now I struggle to keep it at 7.8. I think its because my alkalinity is unstable. Do you agree. Do you have any advice as to how I should move forward. I got my alkalinity up by just dosing alkalinity now it's at 8.7 but calcium is still high

  • @krwtrner
    @krwtrner 4 года назад

    I don’t dose 2 part I dose mecoral all and calcium should I still be dosing equal parts?

  • @goodall1bay
    @goodall1bay 5 лет назад

    please do a video on best way to clean equipment. trying to get a big skimmer clean at the moment and I'm sure there is an easier way.

  • @colingrant1842
    @colingrant1842 3 года назад

    So if I have a tank that is consuming a lot of alkalinity but not much calcium and dosing 20 ml a day of both calcium and alkalinity I should up the dose to let’s say 40 ml a day to both the alkalinity and calcium rather than keeping the calcium at 20ml and raising the alkalinity dosage to 40 ml?

  • @douglascampbell5284
    @douglascampbell5284 5 лет назад

    I thought I was going to have to start dosing 2 part my ALK was at 7.4 I started using a liquid 2 part then one of my hammers got stn and I lost it since then it's been stable and I stopped dosing 2 part hope I didn't do it wrong