Combining dosing supplements-how much to dose?

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I’m a keep it simple kind of guy;however, I have some out of town plans coming up so I need to buy dosers (and ideally minimize it). I have a total of 83 gal water volume.
what I’m currently dosing:
10 mL sodium nitrate
12mL trisodium phosphate
.7 mL Lynn water glass ( yup you guessed it, battling Dino’s)


20 mL BRS calcium chloride
20 mL soda ash (Randy recipe)
40 mL tropic Marin balling C

The first 3 I have read can be combined into one solution, the last 3 cannot.
I’m hoping that I am overthinking this, but here is my question:

If I make a solution of 200 mL sodium nitrate, 240 mL phosphate, 14 mL water glass (total volume 454 mL) would I still dose 22.7 mL/day for the same as if I was doing individually?
 

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If I make a solution of 200 mL sodium nitrate, 240 mL phosphate, 14 mL water glass (total volume 454 mL) would I still dose 22.7 mL/day for the same as if I was doing individually?

Yes, that is correct.
 

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Thank you Randy. Do I need to worry about the pH from the water glass causing dissolution at that concentration?

High pH will not hurt nitrate or phosphate.
 

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