Dosing location

[reefingtakesmymoney92]

I started dosing all for reef this week to help out on elements. I am manual dosing instead of a doser.

Where should I dose into? Pour into display or in the back where the return pump is?

 

[Crabs McJones]

I've always dosed by the return pump, mixes it in well so that corals and fish don't accidentally get a direct shot of what i'm dosing

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Mixing in well is very desirable, but make sure to not pour high pH supplements directly into a return pump or the impeller is likely to become coated with calcium carbonate faster than usual.

 

[rishma]

I have dosed AFR into the small return section of my all-in-one for a long time and have not had much calcium precipitation on the pump impeller. With higher doses of kalkwasser, I did have to clean the pump more often.

 

[exnisstech]

I manually dosed AFR for 6 months just dumping it into the return flow in the display with no noticeable ill affects. Its been on a doser for the last year dosing onto the sump chamber before the return pump. I'd do what ever is easiest for you. I only switched from manual dosing to automated because I was forgetting to dose some times.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

AFR should be no precipitation risk dosed near a return pump.

 

[reely989]

Mixing in well is very desirable, but make sure to not pour high pH supplements directly into a return pump or the impeller is likely to become coated with calcium carbonate faster than usual.

Made this mistake before. Caked up a power head very quickly dripping sodium hydroxide right into it.

 

[NyReefer]

If you have a sump, the baffle before the return pump. Just make sure you clean the pump every couple months.