Dosing

[Cassy621]

Hi I want to dose Zlements complete part 1 and 2 but not sure how to work out how much to dose

 

[Ron Reefman]

How much are you putting in now? And how often?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I would start by dosing both parts equally based on your tanks measured need for alkalinity. Are you measuring alk and do you know that you need it raised?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

It is about 1.9 times as potent as my diy recipe #1, so you can use the calculator below to get a dose for my recipe #1 for a given alk boost, then divide the number of mL needed to dose by 1.9.

Reef Chemistry Calculator

 

[Cassy621]

I am measuring alkalinity same time every day 9 - 8.9 and 8.7 today Not dosing anything at mo, I am using Deionised water which has no minerals etc in it and red sea reef pro salt

 

[Cassy621]

I would start by dosing both parts equally based on your tanks measured need for alkalinity. Are you measuring alk and do you know that you need it raised?

I am measuring what should it be raise to

 

[Cassy621]

How much are you putting in now? And how often?

none

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Your alkalinity is high enough and I do not recommend dosing this product until the alkalinity declines before your target level. I recommend 7-11 dKH in general , but most folks target 7-9 dKH.

 

[Ron Reefman]

I run alk at 9-10dKH and I manually dose every morning and test every Monday.

Is the Zlements you want to dose just alk and Ca?