Bolus dosing

[Mo.]

Are you also getting a large disparity in calcium consumption, mentioned in the FM HTU, which when combined with the missing Alk indicates precipitation?

Not that I’ve seen. Calcium and mag dose went slowly up from 150mlmto 175 ll
To keep it stable. At 440 and 1400.

Not seeing large amounts of precipitation.- it would be obvious with 600+ml almost stat dose.

I dose into the weir box.

 

[Mo.]

Literally thousands of folk have bulk dosed Alk with bicarb, including myself. Low consumption levels are subject to a magnifying error element.

So you have tried this method then??
So which is it you have you haven’t.?

Left leg in and you’re right leg out?? In out??? lol

No, I have no sense of humour.

Well you’re still having a laugh….

 

[Mo.]

Per Randy’s recipe #2 (sodium bicarbonate)…

What does that show?

Btw - allow for rock / stock and equipment displacement-

 

[Garf]

I was dosing approx 0.75 dKH per day.at that time.

Only if it was carbonate at 600mls in 1000 gallon, assuming you've got a large sump.

So you have tried this method then?

No, the method clearly doesn't apply if using kalk and I have no wish to fix my apparent none existent buffer system.

 

[Garf]

Left leg in and you’re right leg out?

You hum it, I'll sing.

 

[danimal1211]

What does that show?

Btw - allow for rock / stock and equipment displacement-

I don’t know what your system water volume is except by the description of 1000 gallons. I believe Garf likely used the same water volume to come to roughly the same alk increase via 600ml of sodium bicarbonate which is .42dkh.

 

[Mo.]

I'm not debunking only talking about measurements and granularity. Nothing more. I believe I said it elsewhere that who uses what doesn't matter to me.

We all Use the same equipment. We all have roughly the same measurement errors.

This isn’t going to be explained away by measurement errors.

Mine aren’t the only results showing this. Yes it’s partly stocked, but 600ml Alk solution isn’t going to precipitate away and leave nothing for the corals to grow. They are growing

There were a couple of farms with heavy stocking that first reported it.
There are others who have tried it.

These are just my reading from when I tried it and it isn’t my ineptitude that is producing these measurements. I have credible background.

 

[Mo.]

You hum it, I'll sing.

There’s that sense of humour!! Lol

 

[DutchReefer420]

i was dosing around 3dkh each day

after a skimmer fail i'm now down to dosing 2.5 dkh each day
on 600L water

if i measure right after dosing i get a 0.8 dkh increase what should be around 2.5 dkh
where is that alk going?

 

[areefer01]

These are just my reading from when I tried it and it isn’t my ineptitude that is producing these measurements. I have credible background.

Nowhere did I say or allude to ineptness. I do not know you and that would be rude. I only said measurements and time between.

 

[rtparty]

So you have tried this method then??
So which is it you have you haven’t.?

Left leg in and you’re right leg out?? In out??? lol



Well you’re still having a laugh….

Let’s clear one thing up here…

You’re saying that the videos introduce information NOT found in the official FM document on Bolus dosing?

If so, that is the height of laziness on FM’s part. Any decent scientist, company, person, etc would update the “official” document with that information.

FM is using a lot of “trust me bro” by adding new info only in videos. No reputable scientist or company would operate that way.

There are dozens of methods that have come and gone using the “trust me bro” approach. There are many popular methods using it today. Each one a fad that will disappear in time like they all do. The “founder” of each method can’t keep up with the evolving claims.

Please go tell Doug and Claude to properly update the official document with ALL information introduced in the videos. If they won’t, they’re hiding something.

 

[areefer01]

FM is using a lot of “trust me bro” by adding new info only in videos. No reputable scientist or company would operate that way.

There is a lot of that in this hobby be it additive or hardware. Look - this new light will make corals grow because of the added UV or our spectrum....

 

[rtparty]

There is a lot of that in this hobby be it additive or hardware. Look - this new light will make corals grow because of the added UV or our spectrum....

Far too much of it but thankfully very easy to recognize after seeing it for the past 20 years

 

[Mo.]

I don’t know what your system water volume is except by the description of 1000 gallons. I believe Garf likely used the same water volume to come to roughly the same alk increase via 600ml of sodium bicarbonate which is .42dkh.

I don’t know either. I suspect the water volume is 850-900G for the system.

 

[DutchReefer420]

bolus dosing is not new guys...

yall do have humour you see lol

 

[Garf]

i was dosing around 3dkh each day

after a skimmer fail i'm now down to dosing 2.5 dkh each day
on 600L water

if i measure right after dosing i get a 0.8 dkh increase what should be around 2.5 dkh
where is that alk going?

Are you convinced the reduction in Alk consumption is skimmer related?

 

[rtparty]

bolus dosing is not new guys...

Nope. Just claims surrounding it by someone with a financial benefit

 

[DutchReefer420]

Are you convinced the reduction in Alk consumption is skimmer related?

do you mean this??? have you ever tried taking your skimmer offline for a few days and see what happens to ph??

not to mention a shift in nutrients

and yes i know this for sure!
after my new skimmer pump arrived and running my consumption is going up again!!

 

[rtparty]

do you mean this??? have you ever tried taking your skimmer offline for a few days and see what happens to ph??

not to mention a shift in nutrients

This is totally dependent on the system and ambient CO2

 

[DutchReefer420]

This is totally dependent on the system and ambient CO2

can you prove that?

can you take your skimmer offline and show this?