Are you dosing anything, and if so, why?

[Gumbies R Us]

One aspect of the hobby I find confusing at times is dosing. Just something about adding chemicals to your tank to make sure your tank is balanced tends to go over my head from time to time. So I am wondering what are you currently dosing with your tank, and why are you dosing that specific thing?

 

[Doctorgori]

6 heads: AFR, DIYNoPox, Red Sea A,B, C,D both tanks..
AFR does include the trace but the tank is low demand with the eventual end game being Randy’s high PH 2part and Tropic MarinS TRACE

I wishI could do just the Kalkwasser and AFR

 

[1112-425XL]

I do all my dosing manually as needed. Soda ash for Alk and PH. Calcium, and every once in awhile magnesium.

 

[i cant think]

Manganese for my Gonis and Elegance and Blizzard for just general feeding.

Then Ph Plus and AB+ for nutrients (a different one in both tanks)

 

[MrGisonni]

All for Reef on a single dosing pump and balling part B in case my alkalinity consumption increases which it does occasionally.

 

[ryanjohn1]

Limewater. Sps eat up the alk

 

[Biokabe]

Tropic Marin trace K+ and A+, manually dosed.

Soda ash and calcium chloride for Alk and Cal.

The above, I intend to eventually swap over to AFR. Still have tons of ALK and CAL solution, though, so it'll be a while.

I've also been dosing Red Sea Energy, and just started dosing NeoNitro and Brightwell Coral Amino.

Not sure that I'll continue with all three of those, we'll see how the tank responds.

 

[BubblesandSqueak]

Dihydrogen Monoxide dispensed through a Tunze ATO.

 

[Reefer Matt]

I dose 2 part. If I don’t, my sps tank would likely die in a week or so. The alk drops 1 dkh a day without dosing.

 

[ZoWhat]

Continously dosing money into your tanks eventually leads to some form of temporary success

 

[romperstomper]

2 part LPS tank seems to be mainly 1 part though with occasionally part 2

 

[tuscani]

Just AFR

 

[jisherwood]

OK can someone pls explain what AFR is

 

[oregon reefer]

Continously dosing money into your tanks eventually leads to some form of temporary success

 

[Gribbles]

OK can someone pls explain what AFR is

All for Reef, a popular product from Tropic Marin. Idea is that it provides alk, calcium, traces, etc... its all for reef in a single product

I have 2 heads for AWC
1 for BactoBalance

I plan to add another for MicroBacter7
I'll add another for AFR once my consumption increases

 

[SpyC]

Manually dosing AFR. I found my alk usage was greater than the replenishment from water changes.

 

[FernBluffReef]

Phosphate - new system still eats phosphate, have Dino’s under control

Alk, CA and Mg to replenish what corals consume in between water changes

 

[LPS Bum]

Kalk on a dosing pump 12 times per day and homemade soda ash in my ATO. A little bit of Reef Complete by hand every day for calcium, strontium and magnesium.

 

[lmfbs]

I use Red Sea to dose Alk and calcium, then I carbon dose with vinegar too, all via a dosing pump. I manually dose magnesium every so often if it drops.

Then I have an ATO

 

[liddojunior]

Dose Red Sea foundation ABC and Trace ABCD when I remember