Is my dosing math correct?

Gribbles

Active Member
View Badges
Joined
Mar 10, 2022
Messages
302
Reaction score
223
Location
Cypress
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Total water volume: 90gallons
Volume of solution: 1000ml
Volume of individual dose: 5ml
Ingredient: Monosodium Phosphate, .25tsp

That should raise my phosphate about .015ppm, yes?

I'm using the calculator from


With potassium phosphate, taking 77% of the result from that calculator (I believe I've read Dr. RHF say to do that)

Screenshot_20240119-103917.png
 

Lavey29

10K Club member
View Badges
Joined
Apr 29, 2021
Messages
11,865
Reaction score
12,717
Location
United States
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Why not keep it simple and just feed some pellet food to your fish and reef roids to your corals once a week to raise phosphate?
 
OP
OP
Gribbles

Gribbles

Active Member
View Badges
Joined
Mar 10, 2022
Messages
302
Reaction score
223
Location
Cypress
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
I do both of those things currently. Probably could feed reef roids more often.

My phosphates are near zero but my nitrates are high. I carbon dose and want to keep my phosphate detectable without adding nitrate
 

Lavey29

10K Club member
View Badges
Joined
Apr 29, 2021
Messages
11,865
Reaction score
12,717
Location
United States
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
I do both of those things currently. Probably could feed teef roids more often.

My phosphates are near zero but my nitrates are high. I carbon dose and want to keep my phosphate detectable without adding nitrate
I had to dose neophos for several months. With your volume slightly more then mine, 10ml daily would suffice easily.
 

Randy Holmes-Farley

Reef Chemist
View Badges
Joined
Sep 5, 2014
Messages
68,605
Reaction score
65,279
Location
Arlington, Massachusetts, United States
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Total water volume: 90gallons
Volume of solution: 1000ml
Volume of individual dose: 5ml
Ingredient: Monosodium Phosphate, .25tsp

That should raise my phosphate about .015ppm, yes?

I'm using the calculator from


With potassium phosphate, taking 77% of the result from that calculator (I believe I've read Dr. RHF say to do that)

Screenshot_20240119-103917.png

Math is good. I get 0.017 before correction. Rounding errors are reduced by using 9 gallons and multiply the amount needed 10x.
 

Caption This Contest OFFICIAL VOTING POLL! (make a post in this thread and you could win a prize too)

  • "What do you mean?! I am smiling!

  • "Did she really just rejoin the ReefAholics Anonymous group...AGAIN?!"

  • "Take a look at the new Sexy Shrimp!"

  • "I'm funny how, I mean funny like I'm a clownfish? I amuse you?"

  • "Looks like your living room is going through the ugly stage"

  • "Aghhh! Go put on your makeup before feeding me, please!"

  • "You try eating sand and not get constipated!"

  • "Everyone, hide! The landlord is coming!"

  • "He touched the butt!"

  • "They forgot to shut off the RO line and left for work...AGAIN"

  • "Get off my sand!"

  • "What do you mean I can't say that on a family friendly forum?"

  • "My face looking over my bank statement after a reef show..."

  • "Kids, you're grounded! Get back in my mouth!"

  • "When you see a human with a bucket and know somethings is about to go down."


Results are only viewable after voting.
Back
Top