When do you dose your 2 part?

Crabs McJones · May 17, 2018

I'm sure this has been discussed until were blue in the face before. But I'm curious as to when everyone doses their 2 part solution. In the morning, afternoon, evening, middle of the night? Is there a preferred time to dose? I like to dose mine in the morning before the lights come on because I like to think then the corals have access to the higher calcium and alkalinity levels during the day. However, from what I understand, most sps build their skeletal structure during the night. So should I be dosing at night before the lights turn off?
Wondering what everyone else's thoughts are on the subject.
Thanks

Greenstreet.1 · May 17, 2018

Cal during the day alk at night to help with pH.

Greenstreet.1 · May 17, 2018

Never mind found one that will work.

Randy Holmes-Farley · May 17, 2018

If I was dosing one, I'd dose the alk part to match alk demand, which I would determine, but which may be mostly during the day.

I don;'t think it matters when or how often the calcium part is dosed as I don't think the particular value is very important.

Crabs McJones · May 17, 2018

Greenstreet.1 said:
Never mind found one that will work.

Fixed it for you

TripleDogDareYah · May 17, 2018

It's so cheap to setup a doser... Just do it!

You won't regret it.

TripleDogDareYah · May 17, 2018

It's so cheap to setup a doser... Just do it!

You won't regret it. Your corals will thank you.

Crabs McJones · May 17, 2018

TripleDogDareYah said:
It's so cheap to setup a doser... Just do it! You won't regret it.

It's on my to do list lol. Wanted to get used to 2 part before I committed to a doser

LobsterOfJustice · May 17, 2018

After a few weeks of running an alk controller and looking at hourly values, I noticed a large drop during the last few hours of the light cycle lasting several hours after lights out, and then a spike in the morning. This was with constant hourly dosing, showing me that demand is highest during the evening/early night and drops to near zero in the morning.

So if I had to pick, I would dose alk in the evening.