Tropic Marin Balling Method - what volume are you dosing?

  • Thread starter Thread starter Acon
  • Start date Start date
  • Tagged users None

Acon

New Member
View Badges
Joined
May 6, 2020
Messages
20
Reaction score
10
What state or country do you live in
Massachusetts
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
I recently started the 3-part Tropic Marin Balling method on a Red Sea Reefer 525XL, which probably has a net water volume of about 125-130 gallons after sand/rock. I have an medium-heavy loaded LPS dominant tank with a few red cap montipora that grow fast, and a few other monti varieties. My tank seems to have hit steady state for Alk and Calcium after about a week of adjusting the dosing volumes of the 3-part. I am at an alkalinity of 8.4 dKH and calcium around 430 ppm. I am dosing 160 ml/day of each part. This seems like a large dose volume to me, but maybe it is in the ballpark for this system volume and coral. I would love to hear what volumes anyone else is dosing with this 3-part method and for what type of system so I can gauge my usage. If this is normal, then I need to get rid of my 1500ml reservoirs and move up to gallon dosing jugs.
Thanks!
 
The aquarium has about 350 liters of water. Mixed reef SPS / LPS. Today I dose 200 ml. each reagent. When the corals grow up, it will reach 250 ml. each reagent.
 

IF YOU HAD TO TAKE A REEFING EXAM, WOULD YOU PASS?

  • Yes!

    Votes: 32 45.7%
  • Not yet, but I have one that I want to buy in mind!

    Votes: 9 12.9%
  • No.

    Votes: 26 37.1%
  • Other (please explain).

    Votes: 3 4.3%
Back
Top