Hello everyone, I was just curious on what is all needed for two part dosing? What are the essential items and supplements am I going to have to buy in order to start? I dont plan on doing it very soon but I'm just wanting to price it all out so when I do start I already have it all ready. Also how long should a tank be established before adding corals that would be needing two part dosing? Thank you so much for all the help and recommendations!
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You can’t start for about $50.Hello everyone, I was just curious on what is all needed for two part dosing? What are the essential items and supplements am I going to have to buy in order to start? I dont plan on doing it very soon but I'm just wanting to price it all out so when I do start I already have it all ready. Also how long should a tank be established before adding corals that would be needing two part dosing? Thank you so much for all the help and recommendations!
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These videos are excellent. You can watch the one about cycling the tank for starters.Hello everyone, I was just curious on what is all needed for two part dosing? What are the essential items and supplements am I going to have to buy in order to start? I dont plan on doing it very soon but I'm just wanting to price it all out so when I do start I already have it all ready. Also how long should a tank be established before adding corals that would be needing two part dosing? Thank you so much for all the help and recommendations!
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I would suggest that the first purchase be test kits. You will not know how much of what to dose without knowing what your water tests out as. Secondly I suggest considering whether or not you want basic 2 part for CA and ALK. or something like ATI essentials Pro that also gives you trace elements. Then consider whether you want to dose manually or using automatic dosers that you can program to dose how much and when. Either way will work just a matter of how much monitoring you want to do vs. the money it would cost to automate. A lot to consider.
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Basic Needs (Manual dosing):
1. Test kits for alk, calc and mag.
2. Source for Alkalinity (most commonly sodium carbonate) and calcium (most common calcium chloride) and maybe magnesium on occasion.
3. Measuring cups/beaker/graduated cylinder.
4. Jugs to hold above solutions.
Advanced Needs (Automation)
1. Dosing pumps to automatically dose above.
1. Test kits for alk, calc and mag.
2. Source for Alkalinity (most commonly sodium carbonate) and calcium (most common calcium chloride) and maybe magnesium on occasion.
3. Measuring cups/beaker/graduated cylinder.
4. Jugs to hold above solutions.
Advanced Needs (Automation)
1. Dosing pumps to automatically dose above.
My 0.2$.
1. First, watch BRS TV videos on Alk and Calc test kits. You need to feel comfortable testing your Al, Calc and Mg parameters before you start dosing. Otherwise, you'll be dosing blind. I would start with the test kits.
2. Watch all of 2 Part Dosing videos on BRS TV. They do a pretty in depth overview of options and pricing.
3. You won't need much two part until you start adding LPS and SPS corals.
3. For what it's worth here are my suggestions. Get the Hanna Alk Tester. It's worth the price for ease of use and accuracy. The reagent refills are not that expensive. Get the Red Sea Reef Foundations kit for Calc and Mg. Get a magnetic stirrer to mix your solutions while testing. Get a digital kitchen timer to use while testing. Get a Jebao 4 Head Doser. Cheap and reasonably reliable in my experience. Get a 100 ml graduated cycle to calibrate your doser. Get some 10ml syringes to take water samples from your tank. Make your own dosing containers from 1 gallon vinegar bottles with a screw top. Save your vinegar bottles to make extra solution to store. Mix two or three batches at once. Drill the tops of your vinegar containers with a variable width bit and put in a 1/4" bulkhead. By different color 1/4" tubing (RO Tubing) for your different dosing containers.
Good luck!
1. First, watch BRS TV videos on Alk and Calc test kits. You need to feel comfortable testing your Al, Calc and Mg parameters before you start dosing. Otherwise, you'll be dosing blind. I would start with the test kits.
2. Watch all of 2 Part Dosing videos on BRS TV. They do a pretty in depth overview of options and pricing.
3. You won't need much two part until you start adding LPS and SPS corals.
3. For what it's worth here are my suggestions. Get the Hanna Alk Tester. It's worth the price for ease of use and accuracy. The reagent refills are not that expensive. Get the Red Sea Reef Foundations kit for Calc and Mg. Get a magnetic stirrer to mix your solutions while testing. Get a digital kitchen timer to use while testing. Get a Jebao 4 Head Doser. Cheap and reasonably reliable in my experience. Get a 100 ml graduated cycle to calibrate your doser. Get some 10ml syringes to take water samples from your tank. Make your own dosing containers from 1 gallon vinegar bottles with a screw top. Save your vinegar bottles to make extra solution to store. Mix two or three batches at once. Drill the tops of your vinegar containers with a variable width bit and put in a 1/4" bulkhead. By different color 1/4" tubing (RO Tubing) for your different dosing containers.
Good luck!
