Is this a thing in dosing

[Perthegallon]

So I may be wrong but when dosing if my Red Sea alk and calcium mix together in there pure form in the bottle it’ll be toxic for the tank or is that false?

I don’t know why I thought this but I thought I remembered it being said to keep dosing lines away from another

 

[Perthegallon]

(when I say pure form I mean the bottle of one part and two)

 

[Uncle99]

Never heard of this, but it’s better not to dose those two things at same time but maybe 15 minutes apart.

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

Never heard of this, but it’s better not to dose those two things at same time but maybe 15 minutes apart.

I manually dose things around the same time. I put it directly in the return compartment/on top of the return pump so it's dispersed by the time I dose the second solution

 

[Uncle99]

I manually dose things around the same time. I put it directly in the return compartment/on top of the return pump so it's dispersed by the time I dose the second solution

That works fine.

 

[Perthegallon]

Thanks guys I’ll keep what I’m doing and just dose at different times. I’m not sure why I thought that but just wanted to make sure if they mixed it wasn’t a problem

 

[DrkNMighty]

Thanks guys I’ll keep what I’m doing and just dose at different times. I’m not sure why I thought that but just wanted to make sure if they mixed it wasn’t a problem

I think if they mix together you will end up with precipitates. That is generally why it is recommended to dose at different times.

 

[Gtinnel]

I think if they mix together you will end up with precipitates. That is generally why it is recommended to dose at different times.

This was also my understanding of why they need to be dosed separately.

 

[resortez]

Here’s my understanding but I could be wrong, so best to do some research. Both alk & part an are carbonates, if dosed or mixed together, the carbonate amount would be extremely high & can cause a massive fluctuation in alk parameters. The massive jump in alk can be extremely damaging to coral & micro fauna in your filtration, leading to bleaching, RTN, die off of coral & beneficial bacteria. That’s my understanding. Plus I rather keep it safe & dose during separate times.

 

[Perthegallon]

Here’s my understanding but I could be wrong, so best to do some research. Both alk & part an are carbonates, if dosed or mixed together, the carbonate amount would be extremely high & can cause a massive fluctuation in alk parameters. The massive jump in alk can be extremely damaging to coral & micro fauna in your filtration, leading to bleaching, RTN, die off of coral & beneficial bacteria. That’s my understanding. Plus I rather keep it safe & dose during separate times.

Yeah that makes since and its so easy to keep them separate why not