How to reduce a one drop dose for smaller tank?

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Hello. I would like to start dosing some Aquaforest coral supplement's. Dose is 1 drop per 27 gallons of water. Also suggested to start with 1/4 to 1/2 suggested dose when beginning. Currently I am using a 10 gallon tank as a frag tank. My questions are: how do I accurately reduce the 1 drop dose for 10 gallons and how do i cut that dose by 50-75% to start supplementing?
Thank you in advance!
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Hello. I would like to start dosing some Aquaforest coral supplement's. Dose is 1 drop per 27 gallons of water. Also suggested to start with 1/4 to 1/2 suggested dose when beginning. Currently I am using a 10 gallon tank as a frag tank. My questions are: how do I accurately reduce the 1 drop dose for 10 gallons and how do i cut that dose by 50-75% to start supplementing?
Thank you in advance!
Ed
Take a known volume of water, add your drop, then mix. Dose a portion of that volume of water to your tank.

Example: let’s assume you have 9 gallons of water in your 10 gallon tank. So you want a dose equal 1/3 of a drop.

Add 1 drop to a cup with 100 ml of water. Then dose 33 ml of that mixture to your tank. That is about the same dose as 1 drop in 27 gallons.

If you want to start with less, just dose a smaller portion of that 100 ml mixture. A half dose would be about 16ml.

That should be close enough.
 

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