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Do you think I'ts healthier to reduce or even stop carbon dosing?
What do you think about the ammonium quantity? 12x2mL a day?
What do you think about the dosing ammonium schedule with daylight preference?
When you don't do water changes, and you do ICP tests, is there any possible BAD thing accumulation in water that you can't see? Example: If you don't do water changes, you will need to use Ozone or GAC to remove some bad chemichals from water...
Any recommendation or suggestion will be very welcome!
If the goal of carbon dosing is coral food via bacteria, that's a fine plan.
I don't think there's any clear limitation on the ammonia dosed if it is adequately spread out. Of course, one can monitor ammonia, but I expect nitrifying bacteria will multiply as needed, and rising nitrate will ultimately be the limitation.
I don't have much opinion on time of day issues with respect to ammonia dosing. I don't think one needs to turn the skimmer off, and I wouldn't worry about timing it with respect to dosing, as I'm not convinced the numbers of skimmable bacteria change immediately with the dosing.
There are things that can accumulate, including organics such as toxins.