B-Ionic Questions

[mikelush78]

Ok I have my 90 Gallon up...
Just did my Calcium and Alk Test and here is what I have:
My Calcium is: 400 ppm
My Alkalinity is: 3.66 meq/L
MY PH is: 8.27 in mid day

My Questions are:
Do I dose the system With B-Ionic Every day?
or just to keep my levels up as needed?

What Should my levels Be?
I think my Levels should be 450 for Calcium and 3.0 for Alk...

How fast will my calcium be depleted is how often I need to Dose with B-Ionic is the way that I understand this calcium and alkalinity... am I wrong with this thinking?

My LFS says to buffer with B-Ionic everyday since my corals are now in there.... You can see What corals I have from my Signature.... What do you guys think?

 

[Fishieness]

i dont think you need to dose b-ionic at all with your coral selection. just do water changes with a good salt every week.
what salt are you using?

 

[Germanman]

just dose with it as levels deplete. low magnesium can cause the levels to go down. and the params u listed are the target range. as for the b-ionic it leaches out a significant amount of aluminum into the tank and i recommend using a different buffer like Kent Tech-CB for similar. also what kind of salt are u using?
the stony and hard corals need calcium at a stable level so it is necessary to have the right amount of calcium regardless of how u maintain it(salt mix,buffer,kalkwasser)

 

[mikelush78]

I use Reef Crystal as my salt. I am told its a very good quality and its what all the LFS stores arround here sell for the better grade salt.

 

[Fishieness]

yeah, that should be fine. jsut keep doing your weekly water changes and you wont have any problems.