Doser Help Needed (set-up)

[daplatapus]

Originally Posted by paddyob

I use H2Ocean. I never have mag below 1300-1400.

I rarely dose it.

I've actually only used IO salt so far. Never had any real Mg issues until I stuck in 2 electric flame scallops that a fellow reefer had ordered and couldn't put in their tank due to an untimely hospital visit. It may have been coincidence, but ever since they've been in there I can't keep my Mg over 1290 if I don't dose every other day or so. My alk is spot on at 9.3 dkh. My Ca used to stay consistently at 410 or so, but since a few additions including the clams it seems to hover around 360. I've boosted the Ca dosing and am ordering another dosing pump for the Mg tomorrow from the BRS group buy. I think because I'm not regularly dosing Mg my Ca is having a tough time keeping up.

Originally Posted by Arok3000

Many people say roughly triple you calcium also. This usually ends up around 1300-1350 anyways.

Not sure if this is a typo. I haven't heard that and would think you'd have precipitation issues with Ca so high. But I'm fairly new to the hobby despite reading on RC probably everyday for the last 12 months. Any clarification would be cool - always ready to learn.

[Arok3000]

Oh, I can see how that was misconstrued. I don't mean triple your current calcium levels, I mean keeping your mg at triple what your ca is.
For example, if your ca is 410, then you should be fine with mg around 1230. So a ca of 450 ppm aligns pretty well with mg of 1350 ppm.

[rhody605]

I use kein's build thread as a guide line. He did a great step by step write up.
I dose my alk late at night at a few different intervals. An dose calc in the morn over a few intervals.

Set your time first the. Go into timer mode press enter and then enter again to adjust the different timer settings.

I only use s4 speed setting.

Be sure to press save through all the screens otherwise the new settings wouldn't be saved.

Hope this helps.
If someone covered this already sorry for saying it again.

[TimT]

I prefer the Balling Method over the RHF Two Part as it allows your magnesium to be better controlled. IME one of the keys to maintaining a healthy reef is stability of all the parameters. Magnesium is important for allowing the calcium and carbonates to be maintained at the proper levels. It is also a very important mineral in biological processes of life. Therefore keeping it stable is something to strive for. Adding a dose of Magnesium once a week does not do this. Adding the Magnesium in with the two part solutions does not allow individual control of the Magnesium levels. There are times when the coral growth rates slow down or speed up. This can lead to Magnesium being too high or too low as the additions of Calcium and Carbonates increase or decrease.

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by TimT

I prefer the Balling Method over the RHF Two Part as it allows your magnesium to be better controlled. IME one of the keys to maintaining a healthy reef is stability of all the parameters. Magnesium is important for allowing the calcium and carbonates to be maintained at the proper levels. It is also a very important mineral in biological processes of life. Therefore keeping it stable is something to strive for. Adding a dose of Magnesium once a week does not do this. Adding the Magnesium in with the two part solutions does not allow individual control of the Magnesium levels. There are times when the coral growth rates slow down or speed up. This can lead to Magnesium being too high or too low as the additions of Calcium and Carbonates increase or decrease.

I agree about mag, if you are saying small doses daily instead of once per week?

[TimT]

A small daily dose is better than a large weekly one. Even better is multiple small doses per day via dosing pump.

[Reef Supplies]

Originally Posted by TimT

A small daily dose is better than a large weekly one. Even better is multiple small doses per day via dosing pump.

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