Which elements do you auto dose?

Which elements do you auto dose?

  • Alk

    Votes: 21 77.8%
  • Ca

    Votes: 21 77.8%
  • Mg

    Votes: 14 51.9%
  • Coral Food (Red Sea AB+, Reef Roids, etc.)

    Votes: 3 11.1%
  • Liquid Fish Food (Oyster Feast, Mysis Feast, etc.)

    Votes: 1 3.7%
  • Phyto (Phyto Feast, etc.)

    Votes: 3 11.1%
  • Refugium Fertilizer (CheaetoGro)

    Votes: 3 11.1%
  • Nitrate (NeoNitro)

    Votes: 1 3.7%
  • Phosphate (NeoPhos)

    Votes: 2 7.4%
  • Trace Elements

    Votes: 8 29.6%
  • All For Reef

    Votes: 3 11.1%
  • 2 Part

    Votes: 0 0.0%

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Schraufabagel

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I currently have Red Sea Foundation A, B, and C. I also have Brightwell's ChaetoGro, NeoNitro, and NeoPhos since I will be having a reef tank mixed with coral and macro algaes. I will be getting Oyster Feast and Phyto Feast for my filter feeders and fish (in addition to pellets). Finally, I have Reef Roids and Red Sea AB+ for corals specifically.

I have a 25 gallon tank. I am wondering what everyone auto doses for their tank. I have the poll set so you can choose as many as you have. I plan to auto dose Red Sea A and B for sure, since my corals and calcified macros will require a lot of these per day. I probably won't have to auto dose Mg since my estimates are that it will be around 1 mL per day. So can go a weekend without needing it to be automated. The foods I will probably leave manual since that's a lot of work and money to have a refrigerated auto doser. Just all around curious to see what everyone says they do :)
 

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If an ATO qualifies as "autodose", I dosed alk and calcium that way (via limewater/kalkwasser) and also vinegar on a dosing pump. I also dosed arctipods and other fish foods on a doser.
 

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Just alk and kalk. I only want to deal with two channels on doser right now which I just got working again. I check calcium once a week and manually bring it up to level.

I'm about ready to start auto dosing phosphate given how fast it depletes in my tank.
 

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this was before going live on the AB+ but now it’s all the way live but only to that black line on the bottle(one weeks worth)
 

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If an ATO qualifies as "autodose", I dosed alk and calcium that way (via limewater/kalkwasser) and also vinegar on a dosing pump. I also dosed arctipods and other fish foods on a doser.
Randy - do you dose the Nyos goldpods on a doser? I just posted asking about this as BRS said you could, but the bottle says it needs to be refrigerated.
 

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If an ATO qualifies as "autodose", I dosed alk and calcium that way (via limewater/kalkwasser) and also vinegar on a dosing pump. I also dosed arctipods and other fish foods on a doser.
+1 on the ATO ALK/KALK
 

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  • One head is enough to get started.

    Votes: 27 10.6%
  • 2 to 4 heads.

    Votes: 145 57.1%
  • 5 heads or more.

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  • Full colony.

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