Setting dossing pump for mixed reef

[adywisma88]

Hi guys
Sorry if i post this at wrong forum subject.

Just want to know, if i want to start colouring sps,
Which component i need to put at dossing pump channel?
And which brand are recomended?
Or another question, do i still need to dose this component?? Because im starting to get lazy for manual dose.

For amino product,
Can i use dossing pump directly?
Without periodictly shake the bottle or without using strirrer.


Maybe i need to share some information about my tank first.

Main tank size 120cm x 60cm x 60cm
Sump tank size 100cm x 40cm x 40cm
Around 400L water
10 months old
Bare bottom
Mixed reef (fish, invertebrate, sps, lps, mushroom)
Now only using natural filtration (only bactery house, chaeto, caulerpa), no mechanical filtration (no skimmer, no filter sock, since end of oct 2019).

My water parameter
Kh : 7.3 - 8.0
Ca : 430 - 450
Mg : 1320 - 1350
No3 : 2 - 10
Po4 : 0.03
Salinity : 1.025 - 1.026
Temp : 25.9 C - 27.0 C

Routine maintenance :
- weekly test the water parameter
- weekly water change 10% with red sea salt
- or bi-weekly water change 20% with red sea salt
- refill big3 if needed
- refill freshwater (galon)
- no carbon dose for now, so no need to refill carbon diy
- syphon detrius from MT every week before water change
- syphon detrius from sump every month before water change
- cleaning wavemaker every month or 2 months
- cleaning return pump every 6 months
- clenaing MT glass if needed

Here my current dossing pump

Jebao dp4
- ca diy
- mg diy
- kh diy
- top up freshwater

Here my current manual dose
- red sea trace abcd @20ml, every 3 days
- red sea energy ab @20ml, every 3 days

Here my initial plan for dossing pump

Jebao dosser 3.4
- diy ca
- diy mg
- diy kh
- carbon dose diy

Jebao dp5
- red sea trace A / madprof ferrio
- red sea trace B / madprof potassio
- red sea trace C / madprof iodo
- red sea trace D / madprof strontio
- top up freshwater

Jebao dp4
- red sea energy A / TLF acropower
- red sea energy B / empty
- empty / madprof boron
- empty / madprof trace x

FYI,
Madprof are local brand.

Sorry for long story
And thanks..

 

[reef lover]

Idk about your dosing questions as i dont do sps...but your tanks beautiful especially those caps.
Heres a bump.for you.

 

[Nano10]

The most impressive tanks imo dont dose anything special. They feed the tank well and keep detectable nutrient levels and dont dose anything but the necessities. I.e. alk and cal. Maybe mag. But weekly waterchanges can usually cover mag.

Color comes down to first and foremost the piece itself and then providing it with proper flow, light, and nutrition.

That said you appear to have a thriving tank and I wouldn't change much. I definitely wouldn't carbon dose, you'll likely do more harm than good. I'd probably stop with the red sea dosing and just switch to something like b ionic 2 part and call it a day.

 

[AdamB]

i started dosing acro power and had great color in my sps then when I wasn't dosing . I did not shake or stir the large bottle..

 

[Nano10]

When I tried acro power it lead to trouble because it also acts as a carbon source and drove my nutrients down.

I've seen too many awesome tanks that dont dose aminos to feel it's worth while. If your having issues with color it likely down to something else. If you have very low nutrients to begin with. Then the aminos can help. But just feeding the tank well will accomplish the same thing without the possibility of driving nutrients down further. They're really for low nutrient tanks which I'm against personally.

 

[AdamB]

The most impressive tanks imo dont dose anything special. They feed the tank well and keep detectable nutrient levels and dont dose anything but the necessities. I.e. alk and cal. Maybe mag. But weekly waterchanges can usually cover mag.

Color comes down to first and foremost the piece itself and then providing it with proper flow, light, and nutrition.

That said you appear to have a thriving tank and I wouldn't change much. I definitely wouldn't carbon dose, you'll likely do more harm than good. I'd probably stop with the red sea dosing and just switch to something like b ionic 2 part and call it a day.

i dose bionic as well. Much better than C balance that I used to dose with