Dose Alk Day or night?

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I was dosing alk at night midnight to 9am, only to find late eve my Alk was low. Total Alk I am dosing is 115ml a day. Is it better to dose the 115ml at night or should I dose over a 24 hr period? My thinking now is maybe better to dose 24hr to keep Alk stable. Which way is right? Thanks
 

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At night when all the light are off the tank pH drops. Because of this reason if you are going to dose mall over 12 hrs I would dose at night. However I use saturated kalk for top off and dose it continuously for 24 hrs by dosing pump.
It really does not mater all that much IMO
 

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I was dosing alk at night midnight to 9am, only to find late eve my Alk was low. Total Alk I am dosing is 115ml a day. Is it better to dose the 115ml at night or should I dose over a 24 hr period? My thinking now is maybe better to dose 24hr to keep Alk stable. Which way is right? Thanks

Dose as many times as possible over a 24 hour period. Stability = King. That's why Calcium Reactors are the best, it's constant dosing non stop.
 

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