Putting amino acids on dosing pumps

[Reefen]

I have read through numerous directions on dosing different products of amino acids, all say shake well before use, but one product said shake well before use or dose with dosing pump, if your are going to dose with dosing pump its not going to get shaken before use. So then I wonder if it really makes a difference, I have Brightwells Coral Amino, could I just put it on a dosing pump, even though it says shake well

 

[Lasse]

There is dosing pumps ther you can add a magnetic stirrer - as an example the Doser 2.x from GHL.

Sincerely Lasse

 

[Reefen]

There is dosing pumps ther you can add a magnetic stirrer - as an example the Doser 2.x from GHL.

Sincerely Lasse

oh, ok, thanks

 

[jccaclimber]

I haven’t used one with a dosing pump, but you can get magnetic stir plates for ~$30 and then just leave one under your dosing container.
I do wonder if it actually matters. Half the time it seems like “shake before use” directions are a bit like the expiration date on MREs. They put it on the label, but it doesn’t mean much.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

If there are solids present, shaking matters (assuming you care about dosing the solids). If there are no visible solids present, shaking is unnecessary.