Dosing Strontium calculator help

[Robin316us]

I did Triton ICP test last week and found out Strontium was 7.00 mg/l and the required setpoint 8-12mg/l. The Triton recommend to dose 68.43 ml for 1 day and daily maintenance of 2.28ml or can be dosed weekly (daily dose *7) -- But they recommended Triton products but I bought ATI Stontinum which is half the price of Triton and don't like the Strontium milk container of Triton.
However I bought ATI Strontium and in the back of the bottle is says 10ml/100 l raise strontium by 1mg/l

So the question is should I dose 10ml or 68.43 ml for a day and daily maintenance of 2.28ml of ATI Stontium

Thanks in Advance

 

[blaxsun]

There's a reason they recommend the Triton products if you're doing the Triton system/testing. Without knowing the size of your tank all we could do is guess.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Lots of comments here.

FWIW, I personally cannot imagine you will notice a difference dosing strontium up from 7 ppm. The natural level in 35 ppt (sg = 1.0264) seawater is only 7.9 ppm.

I also think dosing ANY strontium is useless in nearly all reef aquaria, and the actual organisms known to science to need strontium are rarely kept ibn reef aquaria. IMO, the rationale for dosing is a misinterpretation of what it means for strontium to get incorporated into coral skeletons, and whether that is useful or beneficial or not.

That said, all hobbyists that are concerned should dose for themselves (if needed) and see if they notice any differences (or just dose and forget whether it is useful or not, so you do not worry).

As to the exact questions above...

Dosing 1 mg/mL one time gets you to the natural level of strontium so I recommend dosing 10ml/100 l of the ATI product. Dose once only,

Beyond that, there's no info known from your tank whether or how fast it is depleted, so any ongoing dose cannot be determined from information provided here.