Alk question

[Lavey29]

Do you think there is a benefit of dosing 10x/day - as compared to twice/day (asking for people who work, etc). To answer the OP - if you wanted to dose this much a dose is probably worth a thought (sorry @Lavey29 ) not criticizing your method - just an answer for the OP

Yes, so you don't get sudden spikes. It's more balanced and stable throughout the day dosed incrementally. Of course smaller levels can be dosed by hand once or twice daily but when you get up in the 30, 40, 50, etc... ML per day then it needs to be spread out each hour and time between alk and cal dosing to prevent precipitation.

 

[Lavey29]

I think if I need to start dosing manually more than twice a day then I’ll hook up the doser.

That's what I did.

 

[InactionJackson]

Yes, so you don't get sudden spikes. It's more balanced and stable throughout the day dosed incrementally. Of course smaller levels can be dosed by hand once or twice daily but when you get up in the 30, 40, 50, etc... ML per day then it needs to be spread out each hour and time between alk and cal dosing to prevent precipitation.

Sounds good….don’t need spikes….

 

[MnFish1]

That's what I did.

OH - I thought you were dosing by hand 10x/day

 

[InactionJackson]

OH - I thought you were dosing by hand 10x/day

That’s called dedication. Lol

 

[Lavey29]

OH - I thought you were dosing by hand 10x/day

I love reefing but not that much.

 

[Lavey29]

Since we are talking about dosing, I've been using the 2 head Red Sea doser for 1.5 years. Works flawlessly, very compact and easy to set up. Reasonably priced too. Reef beat app works great and alerts you to any issues. Easy to modify doses with reef beat app too.

 

[InactionJackson]

Since we are talking about dosing, I've been using the 2 head Red Sea doser for 1.5 years. Works flawlessly, very compact and easy to set up. Reasonably priced too. Reef beat app works great and alerts you to any issues. Easy to modify doses with reef beat app too.

I got an x1 Kamoer off another reefer….my tank is predominantly lps and softies so I don’t see dosing much on Mag and Calc.