Bacto Balance

[Yanir34]

Hello, I'm running 500 liters SPS dominant tank + 120 liters LPS tank , both of them are connected to same sump (200 liters sump)
I have 5 tangs , 13 blue cromisis.
The tank is 10 months old.
total volume of the system is 820 liters).
Right now I'm dosing 1 ml of bacto balance, every day to maintain 0.03 po4 and no3 at 2 ppm.
Should I dose larger amount of bacto balance?

 

[exnisstech]

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[Pod_01]

Hello, I'm running 500 liters SPS dominant tank + 120 liters LPS tank , both of them are connected to same sump (200 liters sump)
I have 5 tangs , 13 blue cromisis.
The tank is 10 months old.
total volume of the system is 820 liters).
Right now I'm dosing 1 ml of bacto balance, every day to maintain 0.03 po4 and no3 at 2 ppm.
Should I dose larger amount of bacto balance?

I am just curious, but why do you want to increase the dose?
Your PO4 is really low (hopefully you are feeding the corals) and NO3 is low.
The idea behind TM bacto balance (I am assuming this is what you are using) is to feed the bacteria that in turn is consumed by the corals so corals have access to phosphorous (important building block).
Based on TM chart you might want to consider PlusNP due to low PO4.

Good luck,

 

[haitian_reefer]

I wouldn’t change your dosage. I dose 5ml a day in my 227 waterbox

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Hello, I'm running 500 liters SPS dominant tank + 120 liters LPS tank , both of them are connected to same sump (200 liters sump)
I have 5 tangs , 13 blue cromisis.
The tank is 10 months old.
total volume of the system is 820 liters).
Right now I'm dosing 1 ml of bacto balance, every day to maintain 0.03 po4 and no3 at 2 ppm.
Should I dose larger amount of bacto balance?

What are you hoping to accomplish by adding bacto balance?

I'm not sure I see a reason to add any.

 

[Yanir34]

What are you hoping to accomplish by adding bacto balance?

I'm not sure I see a reason to add any.

the dosing amount is look like very small , just because of that.

 

[Koty]

Right now I'm dosing 1 ml of bacto balance, every day to maintain 0.03 po4 and no3 at 2 ppm

1 ml for an 800 liter is an insignificant amount. With these parameters and the growth you describe you probably do not need any carbon dosing.

 

[Yanir34]

1 ml for an 800 liter is an insignificant amount. With these parameters and the growth you describe you probably do not need any carbon dosing.

I'm dosing carbon to fight small outbreaks of alges, every few months .
the tank is only 10 months old

 

[Koty]

You are diluting your carbon 1:800,000. There is probably more carbon in the dust that lands on your tank. Some algae will grow at any concentration of nutrients. IMHO It is less of an "outbreak" and more maturation of your tank (succession). Add more carbon and your bacterial population will be larger and compete better on nutrients with algae.