dosing

Hi All I have a 2 year old 425XL SPS dominant tank. I currently use 16.8mL of Calc (RedSea Foundation) and 96mL of Alk (RHF's SodaAsh recipe) daily. PH runs from between 7.97 to 8.18. I want to increase PH to boost growth, so want to dose Kalk at night (and day if needed). My question is...

[updated Jan 24, 2022] I did a thing! I was reading over on another thread earlier today after searching for info on how much of something to dose after receiving a recent ICP-Analysis test. The issue was, my ICP Analysis tells me how much I need to dose to get to the target levels, but the...

I just got the trace color ABCD from Red Sea. My question is can I equally mix all four together in a separate bottle and dose it all at once using my Neptune doser? Or do I have to keep them separate and individually dose? Thanks in advance

I have a Red Sea 200xl and couldn’t find a dosing container that wasn’t huge or really expensive. Came across this website that 3D prints reef accessories and made my own little dosing setup out of the smaller Voss bottles. Don’t have a need for the third bottle as of yet, but I’ll think of...

So it's time to replenish my RHF 2-part solutions... I cook my new batch of baking soda, mix up the solution and am ready to refill my reservoirs. The new mixture is not going to be EXACTLY the same strength as my previous batch (human error, precision, etc) although it will be close. My...

hello guys I am currently in the process of deciding what dosing product I will be using. Actually I started with ATI Nano Essentials 2 Part. However, I dont think it is worth the money since the containers are pretty expensive per litre. What would you guys suggest dosing? I do have a 20g...

Hi everyone! Need some help diluted trace elements properly. I'm heading out for a week, and have been dosing an AIO trace element at 0.3 ml daily. If I dilute at 1ml of trace element, to 7 ml of RODI, this would be correct? Or 2ml to 14ml if need larger amount. Any issue with liquids separating...

Hi Everyone, I recently had a spin test done on my reef tank, its generally ok parameters but some can definitely use a little boost. My PH is 7.8 , nitrates are 4 , salinity is 1.025 , phos 0.2, Calcium 365, magnesium 1191, Alkalinity 6.1. I purchased the red sea line of calcium, alk and...

My apex calcium and magnesium seem to be fluctuating a good bit without any dosing. The only thing I have needed to dose is alkalinity and that's spot on to my hanna checker. Calcium is hard for me to reference against another test as my hanna is all over the place and my eyes don't do colors...

I have a Red sea E-170 and I wanted a dosing setup that can stay in the cabinet. I’m looking to Dose Calcium, Alk, and Magnesium. Any suggestions?

Hi all im need to reefing and have limited knowledge and know chemistry and water parameters work but i get the gist of it. background: information about my tank. Tank Size: 45 Gallon (running for 9 months) Salt mix tropic marine pro reef salt (weekly 12% water change @ 1.025 salinity) my...

If you have a nano tank (for argument sake, let's say under 40 gallons), how much do you dose daily of each element? And what kinds of corals do you have? I have a 25 gallon mixed reef spread pretty evenly between LPS and softies, and will be adding a decent amount of SPS soon. Currently I dose...

I'm considering getting a dosing pump. I'm intrigued by the new Red Sea dosers the most, but I have also heard good things about the Kamoer X1 pumps. Anybody have any thoughts on these or suggestions on others? I like the Red Sea one because it is a more compact option for 4 dosers. Currently I...

I don't want to start a debate on whether or not (and how) Prime detoxifies ammonia. There are plenty of raging debates on that already. I want to ask a purely hypothetical question. Now, assuming Prime does what it says (remember, we're not here to debate this), would a person be able to...

Howdy! Hopefully an appropriate place to post. I've noticed over the last week or so my Alk has started to swing a fair bit from low of 8.46 to high of 9.05 with my set point 8.6 I've adjusted the dosing baseline to the average over the last month and just today increased my testing from 4/2...

I have a 25 gallon tank that's going on 7 months old now. I just recently have been tracking my parameters more regularly, along with feeding and water changes. I have a small refugium with chaeto, and codium macro algae and mangroves in my main tank that may influence NO3 and phos. For corals...

Posting my 100 gallon mixed reef tank here. I have been at it for years but recently figured out that good lighting means I can grow more corals. Now its time to move the tank to replace the flooring in the house. Maybe I can get some tips on how to improve upon the tank. I have some great ideas.

New reefer here. Currently I am cycling my tank 525xl. The question I have is do you begin dosing in anticipation of adding corals once the cycle is done? Or should I wait until I start adding? Does it matter? thanks