CURRENT DOSING ROUTINE (06/21/2018)
Here as requested by a few members and followers my current dosing routine as of today: 303.8G / 1150L Water Volume considered for Trace Element dosing
No Water Changes performed / Minor salinity increases with dry salt / 5-1/2 months old
Here is also the link to the ATI Lab tank which should allow access to all test results and diagrams etc.
http://lab.atiaquaristik.com/timeline/8842
ALK/CA/MG and other traces via Calcium reactor, second chamber filled with Reborn
Rubidium 0.009 ppm or mg/L daily
I will see how the trending goes with ICP's forward.
From previous ICP it was not detectable, and I started with an initial dose of 0.2mg/L
I will send an ICP to the Oceamo lab next week. They are the only one who do Rb detection in the required resolution and ranges.
Barium 5.22 microgram/L daily
I will see how the trending goes with ICP's forward.
This is a new increased dosage, since the previous dosage doesn't seem to be enough and Barium seem to drop quite excessive. Last ICP indicated 11 microgram/L but I did dose 12 microgram/L the day before the sample was taken since I noticed white tips on some specific acros indicating depleted Barium.
Barium always depleted down to 2-3 microgram/L, hence my theory is that the daily depletion may be in the 5-6 range daily when corals are thriving.
Manganese 0.09 microgram/L daily, still not detectable in ICP's
Not sure if it does anything visibly but I keep dosing it.
Zoa's, Shrooms and LPS seem to react to it very positive.
Iodine Seachem 7 drops daily
I use the straight glass pipe dropper for essential oils, available on Amazon.
Cobalt 0.017 microgram/L daily
Still undetectable on ICP
Copper 0.017 microgram/L daily
Still undetectable on ICP
Zinc 0.17 microgram/L daily
Will watch trending via ICP
Fluctuates pretty easily depending on growth and system operation
Nickel 0.017 microgram/L daily
Will watch trending via ICP
Seem to have larger influence on fluorescence
Iron Fe
Tried 0.46 microgram/L daily first, but was too much
Tried 0.093 then, still seemed to much
Tried 0.019 daily, which seems to be ok, or rather not enough.
Doing now 0.047 daily, time will tell.
Chromium 0.017
Initial dosage of 0.36 microgram/L,
Waiting for ICP to see trending.
Seems to have an effect on blue and fluorescence
Vanadium I do 3 drops of the Triton Vanadium daily.
Not sure how much that would be, haven't calculated the dosage into microgram/L
Fluoride,
I do corrections after ICP and plan to estimate a maintenance dose when I have more clarity on depletion rate.
Need more ICP's done first.
Molybdenum, Boron, Bromine, Strontium, Potassium, Magnesium, Calcium
corrected after each ICP as needed.
No3/Po4 as needed.