How much do you dose?

[monza]

About 500g of water and I dose 384ml per 24 hours, relatively new tank with Coralline algae growing like crazy lots of frags I use three part dosing.

Alk is @160ppm and Calcium is 410 and Mag is 1380

[CM125]

I have never dosed alk.. what do you have that you need to dose? Sorry newb question....

[mseepman]

Originally Posted by CM125

I have never dosed alk.. what do you have that you need to dose? Sorry newb question....

No worries about the newb question. My tank is quite populated with corals, specifically SPS corals who absorb the CA and Alk and Mg during their growth. Without it, they stop and become very unhappy corals. You can offset this with water changes some but the larger your tank, the larger the water changes...which become cost prohibitive.

[CM125]

Originally Posted by CM125

I have never dosed alk.. what do you have that you need to dose? Sorry newb question....

I don't have any SPS, so Im sure my water changes are enough to keep to keep the levels good

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by CM125

I don't have any SPS, so Im sure my water changes are enough to keep to keep the levels good

Testing would be the easiest way to tell , but it's not just sps that use up Alk and calcium other animals like coralline , fish , urchins , snails lps and even soft corals all use there share

It comes down to how much all these animals use as a whole , salt can often be enough but just the same it may not.

Some salts contain more or better chemicals while others have less.

Coralline alone can often suck up .5 dkh or as much as 2 dkh in some systems.

The best way to manage is to test and keep a log book , you never know if things could be better

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by monza

Alk is @160ppm and Calcium is 410 and Mag is 1380

Remind me what 160ppm is in dKh

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

Remind me what 160ppm is in dKh

8.96

[reefwars]

Yes 1 ppm is the equivalent of 0.056 dkh