TM Original Balling Dosing

[Pod_01]

Quick question @Hans-Werner .

With all the discussion on Bolus method and dosing etc…

If I want to switch and dose the FM original Balling what are the recommendations or best practices:
For example if I am going to dose 100 ml a day:
What is the best time to dose the B component? One time dose, multiple doses during the day and night or multiple doses during the day only?
For component A, is it best to dose few doses during the day, or one dose in the morning or…?
For component C, is it best to dose it at night? To balance things out.

I am just looking for suggestion/ best practice that you may have observed over the years.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Koty]

For stability, which may still be an important guideline, I would have each one about 5 minutes apart and divide it into 10-12 evenly spread doses. You can implement the "Bolus" idea by dosing more before the lights are on. I dose about 100 ml evenly spread, and I will not use the Bolus as I have fish that may feel uncomfortable with the repeating pH changes. I found TM much cheaper, and the TM component C has All the seawater ingredients.

 

[areefer01]

Quick question @Hans-Werner .

With all the discussion on Bolus method and dosing etc…

If I want to switch and dose the FM original Balling what are the recommendations or best practices:
For example if I am going to dose 100 ml a day:
What is the best time to dose the B component? One time dose, multiple doses during the day and night or multiple doses during the day only?
For component A, is it best to dose few doses during the day, or one dose in the morning or…?
For component C, is it best to dose it at night? To balance things out.

I am just looking for suggestion/ best practice that you may have observed over the years.

Thanks in advance.

Tagging @Lou Ekus as well. Either may be able to provide you guidance.

 

[Pod_01]

Thank you for the reply,

I dose about 100 ml evenly spread, and I will not use the Bolus as I have fish that may feel uncomfortable with the repeating pH changes.

I believe with TM mix the part B should have minimum impact on pH. Should be almost neutral.

In the past I spread the dose equally but with Bolus dosing discussion I am curious if Hans has different perspective.

With my current doser I can do 24 doses a day for each of the parts, but that seems unnecessary complicated and perhaps has minimal benefits.
Maybe 4 doses during the day works…

The online description suggests that one dose a day by hand may work:

 

[Lou Ekus]

Quick question @Hans-Werner .

With all the discussion on Bolus method and dosing etc…

If I want to switch and dose the FM original Balling what are the recommendations or best practices:
For example if I am going to dose 100 ml a day:
What is the best time to dose the B component? One time dose, multiple doses during the day and night or multiple doses during the day only?
For component A, is it best to dose few doses during the day, or one dose in the morning or…?
For component C, is it best to dose it at night? To balance things out.

I am just looking for suggestion/ best practice that you may have observed over the years.

Thanks in advance.

Fauna Marin does not have an "Original Balling". The only true Balling solutions are made by Tropic Marin. I am trying to figure out if you are asking about the FM method or the Tropic Marin Original Balling method.

If it is the Tropic Marin Origianl Balling Method you are asking about, then the answer is that it doesn't really matter all that much, when and how you break up the solutions dosage or not. The dosing will all even out rhought the day. There may be some extremely small theoretical advantages to dosing multiple doses throught the day. But I haven't seen that play out, ot any noticable difference, in practical application of the system.

If it is the Fauna Marin Bolus method you are asking in reference to, then I suggest reaching out to them.

 

[Pod_01]

Fauna Marin does not have an "Original Balling". The only true Balling solutions are made by Tropic Marin. I am trying to figure out if you are asking about the FM method or the Tropic Marin Original Balling method.

If it is the Tropic Marin Origianl Balling Method you are asking about, then the answer is that it doesn't really matter all that much, when and how you break up the solutions dosage or not. The dosing will all even out rhought the day. There may be some extremely small theoretical advantages to dosing multiple doses throught the day. But I haven't seen that play out, ot any noticable difference, in practical application of the system.

If it is the Fauna Marin Bolus method you are asking in reference to, then I suggest reaching out to them.

Thank you Lou, I definitely made a typo “should have been TM Original Balling” with the A / B / C component. This one:

Got them all mixed up and ready to go, just not sure if there is preferred dosing frequency /quantity. Is it better to dose during day, at night, one dose , multiple doses etc… Maybe makes no difference…

The web site has some suggestions:

Namely do not mix, equal dosing and maximum dose. Nothing on frequency or when to dose.

From the description Lou you provided it sounds like I could dose what ever works for me.

 

[Lou Ekus]

Thank you Lou, I definitely made a typo “should have been TM Original Balling” with the A / B / C component. This one:

Got them all mixed up and ready to go, just not sure if there is preferred dosing frequency /quantity. Is it better to dose during day, at night, one dose , multiple doses etc… Maybe makes no difference…

The web site has some suggestions:

Namely do not mix, equal dosing and maximum dose. Nothing on frequency or when to dose.

From the description Lou you provided it sounds like I could dose what ever works for me.

Yes, the quote you have from the description says it all "From the description Lou you provided it sounds like I could dose what ever works for me." It really is whatever works for you. I know thre is a lot being said by FM about the time of day and quantity of dosing. But in my opinion, the tank chemistry works throughout the day. So if you dose something in the moring, that will be used later in the day, it will just hang around until optimal usage time. This is clearly an "oversimplification" of this. But I think holds true in principle. Do what works best for your schedule and equipment, and the True Balling Method will work fine!