The House of Orange

907_Reefer · Dec 24, 2023

Fish Styx said:
We're building, and it will be large enough to accommodate many guests. Just saying...

I would prefer to be called a "resident" in your paradise, but we can work out the nomenclature at a later date..

Fish Styx · Dec 24, 2023

Stang67 said:
I will really need to pick your brain on your dosing regime and how you have everything set up.

Sure thing! I'm about to hop in the shower, but I'll walk you through it all in a little bit.

Fish Styx · Dec 24, 2023

Fish Styx · Dec 24, 2023

Stang67 said:
I will really need to pick your brain on your dosing regime and how you have everything set up.

Okay, so you know by now that I am a Kamoer fan boy, but I'm also a HUGE KZ fan boy. Put them together and it's dangerous. I'm also lazy, so I automate almost everything. Buckle up...

Dosing System comprised of three (3) Kamoer F4 pros, one (1) Kamoer FX-STP, and daily manual- so my hand, I suppose.

Dosing Bank #1:
Pump A: KZ Coral System 1
Pump B: KZ Coral System 2
Pump C: KZ Coral System 3
Pump D: KZ Coral System 4

Dosing Bank #2:
Pump E: KZ Pohl's Xtra
Pump F: KZ Flatworm Stop
Pump G: KZ Coral Booster
Pump H: Strontium

Dosing Bank #3:
Pump I: Bacto-Balance
Pump J: AB+
Pump K: Acro Power
Pump L: Brightwell Vitamarin M

FX-STP:
Continuous Duty @ 7.5 ml/min into CaRx @ avg. Ph: 6.7. CaRx off gassed through secondary chamber containing dolomite. This raises the effluent's Ph and adds magnesium.

Daily Manual Dosing:
KZ Acro Glow
KZ Sponge Power
KZ Coral Vitalizer
DIY Coral Snow

Manual Dosing Every Other Day:
KZ Coral's Love
Phytoplankton (nanochloropsis / tetraselmis 50/50)

Manual Dosing Every 3rd Day:
Reeflowers' Aqua Clarify

My skimmer and UV pause at 11:00 PM, and pumps A - L begin to dose, in succession, in 10 minute increments.

Skimmer and UV resume duty at 2:00 AM, at which time the Ozone generator kicks on, depending upon orp reading. If Orp < 350 then ON. If Orp > 375 then OFF. Ozone runs until 6 AM. I also have a float switch in my skimmate container that shuts the skimmer off when full. If the switch is tripped, the O3 will not turn on as I feed it into the skimmer.

7 AM Manual Dosing of coral vitalizer, acro glow, and sponge power. Coral's love every other day.

7 PM: Phytoplankton

10 PM: Coral Snow

Edit:

I also manually dose 1 drop of lugol's solution per 5 gallon bucket when doing WC's.

I manually dose Polyp Booster when feeding corals, too.

If you count fish food, then I also manually add Selcon, Garlic, and Seachem Vitality to their food.

All ATO run through an Icecap Nielsen Reactor that doses Kalk.

CO2 doses into the CaRx at a rate of 1 bubble / 2 secs, depending on ph reading in CaRx.