Carbo Calcium Dosing

[Agape1love4ever]

Hello everybody!

I’m starting to dose Carbo Calcium.
I understand how to measure and mix with RODI water but I wasn’t sure if I’m to add the whole dose all at once or if I should add it little by little throughout the day. Any help would be much value and appreciated.

 

[Tavero]

Don't overthink it. Just throw it into the water and mix.

 

[Agape1love4ever]

Don't overthink it. Just throw it into the water and mix.

Oh, so to clarify, what I mean is I’ve already mixed the solution together. What I want to know is if I can go ahead and start dosing the whole amount into my reef tank all at once, or if I should drip it in a little by little through out the day?

 

[Agape1love4ever]

@Tavero ?

 

[Tavero]

Oh, so to clarify, what I mean is I’ve already mixed the solution together. What I want to know is if I can go ahead and start dosing the whole amount into my reef tank all at once, or if I should drip it in a little by little through out the day?

Do you try to restore the consumption of several days or just the regular daily dose. I'm using a dosing pump for my carbo calcium solution but if I didn't I would put in the daily dose at once. If this is your first time dose you can split it in portions, but as long as you're only restoring 1-2 KH there should be no issue. At least there were none for me.

 

[Agape1love4ever]

OK. So pretty much if I go either route of dosing it all at once, or letting it drip in throughout the day, the same affect will take place.

 

[Agape1love4ever]

And I’m just restoring the daily usage, that’s the goal at least.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

How large is your daily alk demand?

 

[Agape1love4ever]

How large is your daily alk demand?

My alkalinity demand is not that much. It’s dropping about .1 per day. But I think it’s gonna pick up within the next month or two because I have added more corals that will consume the calcium and alkalinity in my tank and that’s why I was thinking ahead and wanted to dose carbo calcium.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

My alkalinity demand is not that much. It’s dropping about .1 per day. But I think it’s gonna pick up within the next month or two because I have added more corals that will consume the calcium and alkalinity in my tank and that’s why I was thinking ahead and wanted to dose carbo calcium.

Once a day is perfectly adequate for that demand, maybe even once every 2 days. AFR naturally spreads out the alk release since it requires bacterial action to release it, so even at 0.5 dKH per day, once a day in the AM is fine.

 

[Agape1love4ever]

Once a day is perfectly adequate for that demand, maybe even once every 2 days. AFR naturally spreads out the alk release since it requires bacterial action to release it, so even at 0.5 dKH per day, once a day in the AM is fine.

Awesome. Thanks for the response.