Losing 1 DKH /day in Nano Tank

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Hopefully this is the correct sub, but as title states. I’m losing 1dkh/day weekly water changes won’t keep up, it makes sense why I’m losing that much due to the various lps I have, and coraline that’s starting to accumulate.

I’m trying to maintain 8.5 dKH in the future as I’m adding a pretty pricey coral, mind you everything has been doing OKAY neglecting how much I’ve been testing alk, I can’t imagine how much it’s been losing per week, what should I dose (product) to maintain my desired goal? And also any single dosing pumps that’ll do the job? Thanks in advance.

I tested 7.7 dKH before manually dosing Seachem Carbonate Liq to get @ 8.6 dKH as of now..
apparently I have to dose 3ml of that stuff throughout 24 hrs to keep up as 3ml raises dKH by 1.

Is there a better product I should use?
I would only need to dose Alk. My cal and mag is pretty steady and are in check.

 

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There are many different products that work perfectly well. I discuss many of them here. In general, I recommend a method that adds calcium and alkalinity tied together in some fashion.

Do you mean Seachem Reef Carbonate? It's OK, but not better than a DIY. A DIY is cheaper and has a purity assurance the Seachem product lacks.

The Many Methods for Supplementing Calcium and Alkalinity - REEFEDITION

There is no aspect of reef aquarium chemistry more important than calcium and alkalinity. Many of my previous articles have described various aspects of these systems in detail. In reading those articles, aquarists will note one pervasive theme: that maintaining appropriate levels of each are...

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There are many different products that work perfectly well. I discuss many of them here. In general, I recommend a method that adds calcium and alkalinity tied together in some fashion.

Do you mean Seachem Reef Carbonate? It's OK, but not better than a DIY. A DIY is cheaper and has a purity assurance the Seachem product lacks.

The Many Methods for Supplementing Calcium and Alkalinity - REEFEDITION

There is no aspect of reef aquarium chemistry more important than calcium and alkalinity. Many of my previous articles have described various aspects of these systems in detail. In reading those articles, aquarists will note one pervasive theme: that maintaining appropriate levels of each are...

www.reefedition.com

Yes! I did mean that! And thank you kind sir for the reply.
Is there a product recommendation that you’d trust as in the two part system?
I bought a Kamoer F1 doser last night. Will that be sufficient as I think it’s a single channel.

My calcium is around 500 and mag 1500. I really don’t want to dose those just yet. Nothing is really taking those up for some reason, they maintain pretty stable.