New to dosing

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Originally Posted by Royal Aquariums

Really tough to say , there's alot of variables that can impact how much you have to dose. Do you know many ml you would approximately be dosing a day for brs additives?


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My calculations based on their 1mL/G formula I would be dosing 500mL a day of both Calcium and Alk, and about 80mL a day of Mag. If you break that down to actual costs of the powdered supplement I get the following:

80mL of Calcium per day
62mL of Alk per day
15mL of Mg S per day
25mL of MgCL per day

I'm hoping my math is right but I think that sums up what I'd be dosing in powder version each day.

Originally Posted by don.ald

Have you thought about using a reactor?

I've always used a reactor and I'm not a huge fan to be honest. I hate that you have to use CO2, I always had to dose extra alkalinity because the reactor never kept up, and I'll have to dose magnesium anyways so I figure I might as well just dose everything. It seems much simpler to dial everything in without the fluctuation in pH from using CO2.

[don.ald]

I have a 90g and have never used a reactor but I am considering it?
Kinda why I asked.
Currently I dose manually with seachem, but I have followed the balling method, and have used various chems and dosing regiments. My experience is that the dosing pumps (which i used for over two years) also need regular maintenance such as pump tube replacements, adjustments, and those tubes clog regularly...for me it was high maintanance that why I gave them up for manual dosing daily.
But back to your original question, fauna Marin website has great information on dosing, or just search for the "balling method" here on canreef.

.http://static.faunamarin.de/manuals/...ethode_eng.pdf

[Royal Aquariums]

Alright so, for calcium/alkalinity which is the main part of your dosing

at 500ml a day

3785ml in 1 Gallon of solution

3785/500= 7.57 days of dosing per 1 gallon of solution

1 Gallon of RA Calcium Chloride powder makes up 8, 1 gallon mixes of solution.

1 Gallon of RA Soda Ash powder makes up 10, 1 gallon mixes of solution.

In conclusion there are roughly 4 weeks per month, calcium portion will cost you 24.99 every two months and alkalinity portion will cost you 24.99 every two and a half months. For a large tank like yours you really cannot argue with the cost savings using our bulk additives give.

Sorry for not getting back to you sooner, did not realize there were replies.