Bacto Balance & pump dosing

[bandando]

Hello everyone,
I want to use a dosing pump for the Bacto Balance but the minimum quantity of my pump is 1 ml and I have to dose 0.5 ml.
Can I dilute Bacto Balance 50%? with RO water or other?

Thank you

 

[dmsc2fs]

You could look at dosing every other day?

 

[bandando]

I don't think it's a good solution

 

[KStatefan]

That is what I would do but ask @Lou Ekus to verify.

 

[bandando]

Good idea, thank you

 

[bandando]

Or @Hans-Werner also

 

[bandando]

No response?

 

[LuizW13]

This is something I've been wondering as well. Currently I only dose .25ml every day- it's actually pretty interesting how that little amount is helping keep N & P stable.

 

[Pod_01]

This will not answer the question but I use the GHL Doser 2.1 and it can dose down to 0.1ml.

Nice for these low doses or low doses spread over a day etc…

 

[bandando]

Your doser is better than mine!
I have an AquaMedic Evo 4.

 

[bandando]

I remembered of an old post of Hans, I found it!

 

[dmsc2fs]

You could also look at dosing every other day.

 

[Hans-Werner]

Or @Hans-Werner also

Sorry, we are in company holidays and so I took also some days off of the forum.

Dilution with water is not a good idea since the high concentration makes the NP-Bacto-Balance stable. It may be diluted with other products that are bacteriostatic and fungistatic (inhibiting the growth of fungi, moulds and bacteria) themselfes like All-For-Reef or Carbo-Calcium.

 

[LuizW13]

Sorry, we are in company holidays and so I took also some days off of the forum.

Dilution with water is not a good idea since the high concentration makes the NP-Bacto-Balance stable. It may be diluted with other products that are bacteriostatic and fungistatic (inhibiting the growth of fungi, moulds and bacteria) themselfes like All-For-Reef or Carbo-Calcium.

I hope you guys enjoyed your holidays.

I'm glad you were able to answer that question for us, I was considering diluting in RODI, but now I won't.

Now how would one figure out how much All-For-Reef you would need in a set volume to prevent NP-Bacto-Balance from growing mold, bacteria, etc. For instance, what if I wanted to put 100ml of NP-Bacto-Balance in a container to hook up to dosing pump- how much All-For-Reef solution would you need? Is that even a question that can be answered?

 

[bandando]

In an other post Hans wrote : 25% BB and 75% AFR

 

[LuizW13]

In an other post Hans wrote : 25% BB and 75% AFR

Cool, didn't see that post before.

 

[bandando]

What are you dosing on top of All For Reef?

Good afternoon guys, I got a question, I recently bought All For Reef powder to make is simple with dosing and not have a bunch of bottles everywhere but my question is, do you dose something else on top of this amazing product? I’m looking to get my corals soon and want to provide everything...

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[SunnyX]

At the cost of sounding silly, is dosing by hand not an option? Its such a tiny dose that using a dosing pump seems overkill. Unless, of course, you are away from the system for days on end.

I dose 3ML daily by hand, all at once.

 

[LuizW13]

At the cost of sounding silly, is dosing by hand not an option? Its such a tiny dose that using a dosing pump seems overkill. Unless, of course, you are away from the system for days on end.

I dose 3ML daily by hand, all at once.

That's how I've been doing it. I was just more curious in case of vacations, holidays, etc.

 

[bandando]

Me too, I’m preparring for holiday next weeks.