Is it safe to overdose your tank with supplement?

[Dom]

I'm going away for about a week. I dose manually. Is it okay to add extra to hold over my tanks while I am away?

As an example, I typically keep my Calcium at 440. I'm thinking dose to get it up to 480 and then by the time I'm back, it will still be above 400.

Or would a better strategy be to let things deplete and then get the numbers back up when I return?

Yes, I have a 4 head dosing pump that I have yet to deploy. But I'm still learning dosing and don't want to use the dosing pump until I have a good understanding.

 

[ryanjohn1]

How packed full of corals are you and what type?

 

[Dom]

It is an LPS dominant tank.

I do have two SPS Frags in the tank that were added approximately one month ago.

 

[ryanjohn1]

Realistically how much alk will be consumed. Calc shouldn’t be an issue. As long as everything doesn’t go below natural sea water levels. I personally wouldn’t over do it for one week of absence