Tips on dosing

[Tofu Brady]

Hello last week a I bought a new 135 aquarium and I was wondering how I should go by dosing I had a 20 gal so I added the bio media (more than enough) and I have a few sps and some softies and lps I wondering how I should dose thing I have a doser and storage. The chemicals I have are calcium chloride, liquid kalkwasser, liquid sodium bicarbonate, Red Sea phos and nitrate remover and a ph increaser I’m wondering what I should dose daily and the best ways to do it thanks

 

[am3gross]

The best way to dose is by knowing what you need or use during the course of a period. Just blindly dosing can wreck havoc on a reef in short order. Which test kits will be another valuable question to ask yourself as well. I would not base any recommendation for dosing if you are using the API test kits as they are not accurate enough to get you where you need.

 

[Tofu Brady]

The best way to dose is by knowing what you need or use during the course of a period. Just blindly dosing can wreck havoc on a reef in short order. Which test kits will be another valuable question to ask yourself as well. I would not base any recommendation for dosing if you are using the API test kits as they are not accurate enough to get you where you need.

I use Hanna checker and is there any kind of way know how much corals are using like test at12:00 am then at 12:00 am the next day?

 

[CasperOe]

I use Hanna checker and is there any kind of way know how much corals are using like test at12:00 am then at 12:00 am the next day?

Thats exactly how you would know! Do it for a couple of days at the same time every day- and you will know what your corals consume!

Split your dosing in to smaller portions throughout the if you can using your dosing pumps (.. if you have)

 

[Koh23]

So, tank is week old, you already have corals, even sps..... And u want to dose?

Wooow... That is what i called instant tank

Kidding, but, really, i think there is no need to dose, that tank is not ready for life, let alone sps corals and dosing.....

 

[Tofu Brady]

So, tank is week old, you already have corals, even sps..... And u want to dose?

Wooow... That is what i called instant tank

Kidding, but, really, i think there is no need to dose, that tank is not ready for life, let alone sps corals and dosing.....

The tank is around a year old I bought it second hand and I also added media from my 2 year nano so the biological should be fine the corals are doing good I was just wanting to plan ahead

 

[Koh23]

Hello last week a I bought a new 135 aquarium.....

Forgive me, but really, reading this, i was under impression that this is new tank...

My bad....

But no, if there is no consumption, there is no need for dosing, so, test and see...