How to properly dose ESV with doser?

[Odysi]

Hi guys I have been using ESV and dosing by hand equal parts for a few years now. My question is does breaking up your dose with your doser work? Say I'm dosing 15ml overall with 1ml doses over a few hours. Or should I just keep with dosing full dose of part1 then wait 30mins and dose part2. I picked up Dos and wanted to set it up right. Thx

 

[Kyl]

Stagger the times on them, you don't want both dosing around the same time. I've left the DOS platform, but you should still be able to defer the start time of part B long enough to keep it away from part A.

 

[Odysi]

Stagger the times on them, you don't want both dosing around the same time. I've left the DOS platform, but you should still be able to defer the start time of part B long enough to keep it away from part A.

They would be staggered my tought was dosing Alkalinity over night at 1ml doses and Calcium in 1ml doses over the coarse of the day.

 

[Crustaceon]

I stagger my alk/cal 2-part doses thirty minutes apart, 24 times a day. It helps minimize ph spikes when using soda ash-based products and I notice much less precipitation doing it this way.

 

[intricate_reefer]

I just dose both over 24hrs about 15 mins apart. ESV alk is sodium bicarbonate so your really not getting alot of benefit by dosing it overnight because its not really doing much to bump up PH like it would be with soda ash. I would rather be dosing over 24hours or during the day trying to keep the alk more stable. Rather than bumping it up at night then it slowly dropping over the day when the corals are using it.

 

[Bryknicks]

I dose both an hour apart 12 times a day each. Keeps the parameters more stable.

 

[Saltyreef]

Heres my daily dosing schedule i have set up on my Kasa smart power strip.

Alk and cal run 12x a day for 2 minutes each time.
Mag only 4x per day for 1 minute.

 

[Bryknicks]

Heres my daily dosing schedule i have set up on my Kasa smart power strip.

Alk and cal run 12x a day for 2 minutes each time.
Mag only 4x per day for 1 minute.

Nice. I have the same schedule with acropower when the mag doses also.

 

[Saltyreef]

Nice. I have the same schedule with acropower when the mag doses also.

You have your aminos on a doser too?
Man....i need some more dosing heads......lol

 

[Bryknicks]

Yea I have a four head doser and love it, I hate manual dosing. I've been running acropower for the last year and a half but recently switched to aminos that need refrigeration. Going to use that head for phosphates now.

 

[Odysi]

Thanks for the helps guys. I'm gonna try out an alternating 24r schedule and see how that works.