Is dosing even necessary in a reef?

[saltyfilmfolks]

Please tell me you're not dosing or doing water changes with sticks galore???;Nailbiting;Snaphappy;Troll

He basically doses everything that makes a salt mix. DSR. Dutch synthetic Reefing.

 

[Bob Escher]

All salts are synthetic.
They have different amounts of Calc, Alk, and Mag, but other than that they all try to replicate natural sea water.
As @ngoodermuth pointed out above, we dose Calc, Alk and Mag because these elements are used up by the coral faster than we can replenish with water changes.
These are not "chemicals". They are naturally occurring elements, no different than what the salt manufacturers use in their salt recipes.

Never add anything to your tank without testing for it first.
If you are doing regular water changes and those elements are still too low, then you HAVE to dose if you are looking to provide the optimum environment/conditions for your livestock.

I don’t believe all salt is synthetic look at Red Sea pro they actual take their salt from the Red Sea
That’s not synthetic

 

[reeferfoxx]

He basically doses everything that makes a salt mix. DSR. Dutch synthetic Reefing.

Oh gotcha! I was worried for a minute considering the title of the thread.

 

[d2mini]

I don’t believe all salt is synthetic look at Red Sea pro they actual take their salt from the Red Sea
That’s not synthetic

See post 157.

 

[glennf]

Dosings are the base of stability. No Magic potions can do that[emoji16].

Please tell me you're not dosing or doing water changes with sticks galore???;Nailbiting;Snaphappy;Troll

 

[glennf]

Same tank