I Dose, you Dose, we Dose! What are you DOSING?

[Wasabiroot]

I dose Afr automatically. I hand dose Acropower about 1-3 times a week. Red sea iodine about 2 times a week - I have a lot of softies, gorgonians, and zoas. Just bough AF Growth boost; we'll see if I notice much.

 

[Tiki_Reef]

Calcium reactor- 35 ml per min
Kalk stirrer- moderate drip (overnight)
Tropic Marin Part A
Tropic Marin Part K
B-ionic Magnesium
KZ Acro Glow
KZ Stylo Glow
KZ LPS Nutrition
KZ Aminos
KZ Corals Love (Every other day)
KZ Sponge Power (Every other day)
KZ Flat Worm Stop
KZ Coral Booster (Every other day)
KZ Coral Snow Plus 2x a week
KZ Cyano stop 2x a week.

 

[blstravler]

2 Part ESV - dosed throughout the day
KZ Flat Worm Stop - Every day
KZ Coral Booster - Every other day
Drop of Lugols almost daily
ATI Elements as needed per monthly ATI ICP test

I also do small half gallon AWC daily using Tropic Marin pro salt.

 

[SamsReef]

I have used esv bionic and ME nitrate (and Brightwell) with success over looonng period of time. This tank is built with these two. (Thanks Kenny, POTO for taking my tank’s pic)

currently, I have a calcium reactor and kalk reactor running for last one month. Still too early to make a call.

Sam

 

[SamsReef]

2 Part ESV - dosed throughout the day
KZ Flat Worm Stop - Every day
KZ Coral Booster - Every other day
Drop of Lugols almost daily
ATI Elements as needed per monthly ATI ICP test

I also do small half gallon AWC daily using Tropic Marin pro salt.

I feel this is all that is needed. Also I have seen tanks with calcium reactor and nothing else.

Sam

 

[kingoftheHiLLpeople]

2 part esv: mon/wed/fri
Ab+: tue/thur
Microbacter: after each water change (Sunday usually)
Replenish: after each water change (again Sunday usually)
Phyto: nightly

 

[X-37B]

Esv 2 part twice a day on 3 systems. Dsr EZ Trace once a day.
80g total 120 system will be going to a carx when esv exceeds 50ml a day. Currently at 20ml x 2.

 

[jdpiii3]

All for Reef
Calcium Chloride
Liquid Carbon - Vinegar

Will be looking to add a Co2 reactor scrubber to help with the daily Ph swings.

 

[Spontagious]

I dose Red Sea AB+ every other day, and microbacter 7 after a water change

 

[reeftankdude]

I have a 20GH with four soft corals and two hard corals. I dose the part a and b three time a week, and one drop of the strontium every day. I kept the lights out for the first four months while stocking fish and CUC. I started dosing to keep calcium at 460ppm once I cut the lights on. The rocks are now completely covered with green carolline algae after just two moths. The corals have been added in the last two weeks. I only check nitrate, phosphate, and calcium. I refuse to go nuts chasing alkalinity and PH. All the corals are doing fine. They are happy and inflated. if I put a coral in that cant hang with the current parameters, then out it will go. What do you all think about the drop of strontium every day?

 

[EugeneVan]

Too many .... Aquaforest Component 123, Brightwell Iodion, Magnesion, Ferrion, Potassion, Phosphate-E and Kalkwasser

 

[Waters]

This is my question….if I’m told not to add anything I can’t test for, and I can’t test for trace elements, why does a lot of people dose them? Is it possible to OD the tank on them?

If you are doing water changes there really is no need to dose trace elements. Plus, like you said, you don't know what your tank is using (or isn't using). Water changes keeps everything in balance.

 

[DHill6]

All KZ products for full zeovit. Its a lot, but takes maybe 2-3min a day.

alk (soda ash)
bak
Start
Food
Sponge
Acropower
A
B
K
Amino
Coral love
Pohl xtra
Iodide
Iron
Coralsnow
Zym
Vitalizer
Coral booster
Flatworm

I have a few of KZ products also but haven’t dosed recently. What have you noticed using Coral love?

 

[CRD23]

Reef Fusion daily for Ca and Alkalinity. And Microbactor weekly for healthy bacteria population.

 

[doubleshot00]

I just started dosing (red sea) alk, cal, mag and ab+ but thinking about going to kalk for the ph benefit.

 

[Reefer Matt]

I dose Seachem Reef Fusion 1&2, and iodide.

 

[herozero]

In dosing the kalk has your ph gone high? I had to cut back on the mix to top off ratio

Ca - Calcium in the Periodic Table
Alk - Alkalinity
Mg - Magnesium in the Periodic Table
^^all brs “two” part. Why Magnesium doesn’t get the love I’ll never know.

I’ve not had the load to use kalkwasser before, but yes, your pH can run high with too much of any alk supplement, 2-part, calcium reactor, kalk, etc. Cutback in the ratio is good, can you use a separate ATO and/or line without kalk when the ph is too high? Spread the ato period out over a longer period?

 

[Karliefish]

Tropic Marin (that takes care of my ALK, MG & CA)
Phosphates
Nitrates
AcroPower

 

[Britxcdn]

Really been loving Fauna Marin lately. Using 2x Red Sea ReefDose units to auto dose the following:

TM All For Reef
FM BactoBlend
FM Organic
FM Coral Vitality
FM Min S
FM BactoEnergy
FM Amin

 

[tydeck]

Other than reef roids 2x week. Nothing but small weekly water changes.