brs dosing instructions

[Baldy]

hello,

my tank ATM is low demand on dosing. I have a few corals, and all are softies so far. Regular water changes have been enough to maintain calcium and mag levels, bit not alkalinity.

I ordered a half gallon of soda ash from brs to begin dosing for alk as I'm going through a fair bit of reef fusion and want to spread it out a bit more. The thing is, everything I read says to dose equal parts of calc and alk. I i do this, I'll end up with quite high levels of calcium.

Is it ok to use the alk part only of recipe 1 2 part dose?

[mark]

No problem dosing different amounts of each part to match your tanks need.

[eli@fijireefrock.com]

Originally Posted by mark

No problem dosing different amounts of each part to match your tanks need.

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As you need to get into a regime between adding the chemical and water changes.make sure you have a decent test kit and take your time.

[daniella3d]

YOu don't need to dose calcium if your calcium level is fine, only dose what you need to dose, nothing more, nothing else.

I suggest splitting the dose as it is better to dose a smaller amount twice a day than a bigger amount once a day. I use a dosing pump Marine Magic from ebay (140$) and dose small amount 16 times per day...it does wonder for the stability of my tank and my zoanthids

[lastlight]

Doug (fishytime) also pioneered the coffee cup doser method if you're not wanting to spend the money right now. pop a small hole in the cup and let it bleed out into your sump or display. Might be a problem if we're only talking a few mL a day tho as it might just sit in the bottom of the cup.

When my demands were low I used my test kit syringes and did a morning and evening dose.

[Baldy]

I plan on setting a milk jug on a shelf and using an air tube with a resrictor into the sump. I'm hoping I can get it slow enough to run all day, at least till I can get a brs dosing pump or something similar

I asked because I read somewhere about maintaining ionic balance (I think) with 2 part dosing. I'm at work ATM and can't check if that's exactly what it was called.

Good to know that I can dose only all though. Thanks guys!