My e170 has been using all for reef since last June and love it. Using it combined with the trident my levels are rock solid and with the extra dos pump I setup a micro-refrigerator that has the 500ml of Red Sea AB+ that can be dosed automatically. This combo has been amazing and the growth in the past year is more than the 2 years prior combined. I just set up my bigger tank a 200g bowfront corner system, I had planned to use a calc reactor but I’m honestly probably going to stick with all for reef at least for the first couple years.
Isn’t the problem with 2-part also totally solved by the same mathematics that allowed us to arrive at the 1.5/d 10/w 40/m rule?so if you’re diluting trace elements slowly over time doesn’t the math say it’ll never get any worse than (X)?
I'll say this....they could definitely beef up the tutorial stuff on the A/K and part C stuff....I've been using 2 part for ages....but been camping on the TM stuff bc it's so confusing ....BRS should be adding this stuff to their powders or do a full video on implementation
Talked to Lou yesterday & he prefers to find a solution to keep the ph at its natural highest state by keeping out co2, but said you could add/drip soda ash and run a little higher alk, or Lower your all4reef dose and drip kalk. Co2 scrubber is probably best for not having to mess with what you dose.
As @dewlong77 already stated, I prefer to find the pH issue and deal with that, rather than try to adjust my way out of it by "artificially" boosting pH. But that is just my personal opinion.
@@drewlong77 yeah my PH sits around 8-8.1, so its not terrible, but its not 8.3+ I actually have PH booster on hand but ive never used it. Idk if I should just leave it or try a product + AFR
@@Bloodredfireshrimp I DOSE kalk at slightly less than evap rate, and use 10ml AFR to make up the few points of ALK that the kalk cant keep up with. Magnesium and Ca always test spot on. Then I use a recirculating Co2 scrubber to assist the PH more, keeping it at 8.3+ This is the only way I've found that keep my PH in check
Wouldn’t correcting the increase in salinity from 2 part dosing with a lower salinity salt mix water change instead of using just fresh water solve this dilution of trace elements.
I thought the same thing, heard many times, part C is 2x daily Alk. Is it that maybe this is just for the brs hybrid balling and Here they were talking original balling?
What they did not state, is if you need more part C - Mag- then can be got through dosing the lesser amount of A or B, you ned to raise mag by dosing biomag, not more part C.
Ok so I been doing this for a long time. 2 part dosing is just expensive and causes calcium build-up on pumps. The best way to do it is to Dose kalkwasser to your evaporation rate. (Saturated Kalk) and when you get to the point of kalk just not keeping up. Get a calcium reactor and does kalk with it to maintain PH. It is way cheaper the 2 part and much easier. BRS is just trying to sell the product they sell and won't tell you long term they are not good. And please not BRS kalk is not pure and will cause aluminum build up long term. You need alk that is pure like Reef Blueprints Iso8ca. That's 99.9 % pure kalk no fillers. As for trace elements. You should not be dosing this without knowing what tracing need to be replenish. You can be overdosing trace elements to your system. When doing a IPC alot of people are wondering why some trace elements are higher then others. And as for 2 parts being affordable is bull. If your dosing 200ml a day for Establish thank is not cost affective at all. For tanks just starting out kalk is more cost affective not 2 part.
What are the ratios of Trace A to part B and Trace K to part A (Never A to A)? In other words, you always say you can add it in the correct ratio but never say what that correct ration is!!
Great guest. I've enjoyed the conversations with Mr Ekus. I learn something new with each series.
Ryan does an incredible job of explaining some of these concepts
My e170 has been using all for reef since last June and love it. Using it combined with the trident my levels are rock solid and with the extra dos pump I setup a micro-refrigerator that has the 500ml of Red Sea AB+ that can be dosed automatically. This combo has been amazing and the growth in the past year is more than the 2 years prior combined.
I just set up my bigger tank a 200g bowfront corner system, I had planned to use a calc reactor but I’m honestly probably going to stick with all for reef at least for the first couple years.
@BRStv, can you guys tell me about Sea Lab no 28 Tablets, do they even work?
Off topic but when is the new 52 weeks of reefing beginning?
Augest 18
This conversation needed some visuals.
Great series, super informative
Isn’t the problem with 2-part also totally solved by the same mathematics that allowed us to arrive at the 1.5/d 10/w 40/m rule?so if you’re diluting trace elements slowly over time doesn’t the math say it’ll never get any worse than (X)?
I'll say this....they could definitely beef up the tutorial stuff on the A/K and part C stuff....I've been using 2 part for ages....but been camping on the TM stuff bc it's so confusing ....BRS should be adding this stuff to their powders or do a full video on implementation
BRS team!!! Great vid. Can you do a vid or comment on how to control/buffer your PH while using All For Reef!!!!???
Talked to Lou yesterday & he prefers to find a solution to keep the ph at its natural highest state by keeping out co2, but said you could add/drip soda ash and run a little higher alk, or Lower your all4reef dose and drip kalk. Co2 scrubber is probably best for not having to mess with what you dose.
As @dewlong77 already stated, I prefer to find the pH issue and deal with that, rather than try to adjust my way out of it by "artificially" boosting pH. But that is just my personal opinion.
@@drewlong77 yeah my PH sits around 8-8.1, so its not terrible, but its not 8.3+
I actually have PH booster on hand but ive never used it. Idk if I should just leave it or try a product + AFR
@@Bloodredfireshrimp I DOSE kalk at slightly less than evap rate, and use 10ml AFR to make up the few points of ALK that the kalk cant keep up with. Magnesium and Ca always test spot on. Then I use a recirculating Co2 scrubber to assist the PH more, keeping it at 8.3+ This is the only way I've found that keep my PH in check
Wouldn’t correcting the increase in salinity from 2 part dosing with a lower salinity salt mix water change instead of using just fresh water solve this dilution of trace elements.
All for reef made me lazy its so easy until your consumpsion goes up
With the BRS balling method hybrid part C should be 2x alk addition correct?
I thought the same thing, heard many times, part C is 2x daily Alk. Is it that maybe this is just for the brs hybrid balling and Here they were talking original balling?
No. Part C should be dosed equal to the lesser of the amount of part A or B you are dosing. They state such in this video.
What they did not state, is if you need more part C - Mag- then can be got through dosing the lesser amount of A or B, you ned to raise mag by dosing biomag, not more part C.
Bet I overdosed trace elements when I put a Sea Lab No 28 tablet in my 10g
Ok so I been doing this for a long time. 2 part dosing is just expensive and causes calcium build-up on pumps. The best way to do it is to Dose kalkwasser to your evaporation rate. (Saturated Kalk) and when you get to the point of kalk just not keeping up. Get a calcium reactor and does kalk with it to maintain PH. It is way cheaper the 2 part and much easier. BRS is just trying to sell the product they sell and won't tell you long term they are not good. And please not BRS kalk is not pure and will cause aluminum build up long term. You need alk that is pure like Reef Blueprints Iso8ca. That's 99.9 % pure kalk no fillers. As for trace elements. You should not be dosing this without knowing what tracing need to be replenish. You can be overdosing trace elements to your system. When doing a IPC alot of people are wondering why some trace elements are higher then others. And as for 2 parts being affordable is bull. If your dosing 200ml a day for Establish thank is not cost affective at all. For tanks just starting out kalk is more cost affective not 2 part.
I’m glade someone else saw this marketing video. Without icp tests trace element dosing can only lead to problems
What are the ratios of Trace A to part B and Trace K to part A (Never A to A)? In other words, you always say you can add it in the correct ratio but never say what that correct ration is!!
5%
So 50ml of trace A into 950ml of Balling B :)
K to Balling A
Great products from TM but which crazy guy in the marketing department names the products ffs 🤦♂️ it’s soooo confusing
Uuuuuuuhhhhhhh I will be a billionaire!!! I will own all saltwater everything 😂😂😂