How do you dose?

[Pistondog]

Did i understand this correct that you dose 1 gallon per day? How big is your tank?

The awc is 1 gallon per day.
The triton supplements are 20ml per day, for 125 gallon total.

 

[TastyScrants]

Thanks everyone for your input. I ended up purchasing the RedSea 2 head Reefdose.

It is absolutely awesome and I love that it will automatically schedule my dose volume throughout the day.

I’m only dosing calcium with it at the moment as I transition from running my alk at 11.5, bringing it down to 8 (for the new 2 part system I’m going to use). Calcium has been steady at 440ppm for the last 7 days with daily testing

 

[Andresnyc93]

Thanks everyone for your input. I ended up purchasing the RedSea 2 head Reefdose.

It is absolutely awesome and I love that it will automatically schedule my dose volume throughout the day.

I’m only dosing calcium with it at the moment as I transition from running my alk at 11.5, bringing it down to 8 (for the new 2 part system I’m going to use). Calcium has been steady at 440ppm for the last 7 days with daily testing

On that same feeling I just installed mine but I’m dosing 4 and it honestly is the easiest way to keep things steady

 

[TastyScrants]

On that same feeling I just installed mine but I’m dosing 4 and it honestly is the easiest way to keep things steady

Yes! The selling point for me was its accuracy at 0.05mL I couldn’t find anything in the UK that came close and didn’t cost more than the tank itself

 

[G Santana]

AFR on a Jaebo 4 head doser

 

[Reefin Aint Easy]

All For Reef! Love It! Simple And Easy.

 

[Schraufabagel]

I dose Tropic Marin All For Reef. It's just much easier for my nano tank than dosing each part separate. And it's not all that expensive

 

[EakTheFreak]

I really like the BRS 1.1 dosing pumps, and use three on my tank....one each for alk and calc, and one for DIY NOPOX. I dose MAG when needed, but with 50 gallon water changes per month, I can't remember the last time I had to dose Mag. And I use Randy Holmes Farley DIY two part for alk and calc.

The thing with these pumps is that you do have to use some device to run them....a timing device. Could be any one of the tank controllers or so type of timers. I'm old, and still use a ReefKeeper to control my pumps

Can you show a picture of your setup for how you dose NOPOX. I want to set it up on auto it’s the only thing I’m manually dosing daily.

 

[redfishbluefish]

Can you show a picture of your setup for how you dose NOPOX. I want to set it up on auto it’s the only thing I’m manually dosing daily.

Here's the dosing section of the stand....alk and calc on the left, DIY NOPOX on the right.

And here's the DIY NOPOX by itself

And as stated earlier, you need a way to control the pumps.....a timer. I use an antique ReefKeeper 2, but if you don't have a reef controller, something as simple as a smart plug could be used to run the pumps.

 

[ZoWhat]

How do i dose?
One swig at a time...

 

[dedragon]

matters wat u consider dosing for alk/mag/calc/ trace i switched for all for reef a month ago, in three more weeks i will send out an icp test to see if anything is off from normal

 

[dedragon]

i mean i dose phyto (mixed live sp.), psn pro bio and yellow sno, sochting oxydator if that counts (and again we will see the results in a couple of months), flourish nitrogen if nitrate drops, flourish phosphate if phosphate drops, chaetogro, lugols iodine, and 3 part (2 part plus mag) to fix any imbalances....but whose counting