Top 5 Things People Do Wrong When Dosing Calcium & Alkalinity

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5 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

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

@ousmanediallo-ne6mf 5 жыл бұрын

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

@aussied723 5 жыл бұрын

Free no bullshit advice, love your work 👍

@AnimalKING 4 жыл бұрын

I died laughing when he said kicked in the pus

@trietnguyen6070 3 жыл бұрын

"For equality purposes" lmao

@briankavanagh7191 2 жыл бұрын

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

@ogreeftanks9398 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@jonathancollins9831 5 жыл бұрын

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

@AllegiancePressureWashing 5 жыл бұрын

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. 👍

@dannybellew9557 4 жыл бұрын

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"! 👍

@Bob-ww7ot 5 жыл бұрын

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

@seanyenglish4264 5 жыл бұрын

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

@mr.brownplumbing 4 жыл бұрын

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

@dg6187 5 жыл бұрын

Great video as always keep them coming!

@jamesmorrison1166 5 жыл бұрын

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

@sparrlow 4 жыл бұрын

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!!

@d1nternal 5 жыл бұрын

This was quite helpful, thanks for making the vid.

@markc6424 5 жыл бұрын

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

@heidisfishtank7543 5 жыл бұрын

Fish of hex pH buffer rant always makes me smile.

@nathanqwerty1 5 жыл бұрын

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

@matyas4878 5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree. Great video

@Sysgen 5 жыл бұрын

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

@dudepros 5 жыл бұрын

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

@NaTopcho 5 жыл бұрын

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 5 жыл бұрын

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 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

@lucasrios7355 5 жыл бұрын

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!

@anniejefferson8136 5 жыл бұрын

So helpful this morning with new doser. OMG thxs

@margaretkamm4248 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@Everyday_Aquarist 5 жыл бұрын

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

@awilson500 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@DeeFromBrooklyn 5 жыл бұрын

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

@flyfree2574 5 жыл бұрын

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

@billshreeveable 5 жыл бұрын

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

@erica.5583 Жыл бұрын

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

@ghazanfaransari 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@rockyrocks6 4 жыл бұрын

this is both hilarious and informative. you win!

@SirPaulB 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing knowledge! Great video! Thanks!

@thepassionreef 5 жыл бұрын

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

@miltonnazario21 5 жыл бұрын

thank you for sharing your knowledge on reef

@RipVanWinkle_Nature_Discovery 5 жыл бұрын

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

@benherbold4000 3 жыл бұрын

Great content !!

@Ianrday7777 3 жыл бұрын

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

@ericalexander7194 5 жыл бұрын

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

@Bam-Bam1 4 жыл бұрын

👏👏👏 this video is on point!

@stephensmith8317 5 жыл бұрын

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

@urbansuccess8265 3 жыл бұрын

My new favorite channel 💯!!!!

@rrrreefer9721 5 жыл бұрын

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

@anabolic123 4 жыл бұрын

Extremely informative !

@260fa 3 жыл бұрын

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

@iglapsu88 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Travis!

@ProducerReef 5 жыл бұрын

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

@tylerjaax4917 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@sylvesterreef2637 5 жыл бұрын

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

@opethmike 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@PicoLatrinidad 4 жыл бұрын

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 5 жыл бұрын

Great video learned a lot

@marcussreef 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@AquaSplendor 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@sovereignviper90 5 жыл бұрын

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

@madzoanthids1122 4 жыл бұрын

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

@gogymisko 5 жыл бұрын

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

@kernpierre5103 5 жыл бұрын

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 5 жыл бұрын

keeping it real is the best videos!

@eroggero 5 жыл бұрын

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

@Arizona9001 3 жыл бұрын

I LOVE YOU. Thank you

@jordanwilde7421 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent video

@Manniejr310 5 жыл бұрын

🤣 nice ending on #3 🙌🏼

@jennychurchill8953 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@Danzo285 5 жыл бұрын

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

@chrishatcher5634 5 жыл бұрын

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...

@JVS_Tarnished 5 жыл бұрын

The 300 is looking great!!

@stevemunn367 3 жыл бұрын

Lovely tank

@yadieldiaz6395 5 жыл бұрын

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 4 жыл бұрын

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

@ferrari_guy3570 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@jjreef3523 5 жыл бұрын

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

@dramad2974 5 жыл бұрын

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?

@joanngerena6411 3 жыл бұрын

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?

@tasanastasi7799 5 жыл бұрын

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

@BillyPipes 5 жыл бұрын

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

@billyd6539 5 жыл бұрын

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

@kashbrown603 4 жыл бұрын

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

@rosedonnapur 3 жыл бұрын

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

@mitian 5 жыл бұрын

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...

@mradams5455 Жыл бұрын

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

@miketube6662 4 жыл бұрын

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

@MereReef 5 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@danigerzon6881 5 жыл бұрын

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

@tinabloomfield7228 5 жыл бұрын

Testing first is always the way to go. So far all I've ever had to dose is ALK. My Calcium barely budges.

@megalodonphoenix4912 5 жыл бұрын

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?

@sambloomfield5757 3 жыл бұрын

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

@FishOfHex 5 жыл бұрын

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@ericwilmoth395 5 жыл бұрын

FishOfHex Aquatics what epoxy do you use to fuse your rock?

@goodall1bay 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@salparmar7861 4 жыл бұрын

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

@jasonkorando 5 жыл бұрын

LMAO at 6:50 Well said man!

@douglasachaiba7885 3 жыл бұрын

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?

@krwtrner 4 жыл бұрын

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

@karennation3580 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@Albertoamigon 5 жыл бұрын

Wish i saw this last week jaja added alk only and no bueno had to work next day so couldnt do anything until 2nd day i did 20% water changer everything stabalozed but looks like i will lose 1 coral maybe 2 but lets see 1 was a neon duncan now white duncan 2 was a nice green meteor shower and brown and white with pink polyps... fingers crossed

@SirPaulB 3 жыл бұрын

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

@nicolekarisny3076 3 жыл бұрын

what do u do if to high. mine stays high 10.3-13

@colingrant1842 3 жыл бұрын

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?