Increments is the general answer..however, not knowing the concentration of the alk or the size of your tank, i cant give you a solid answer. It may be such a small amount of alk based on your water volume that it is a who cares event. Alternatively, it could cause a major jump in your alk which could shock your system.
My tank is 90g with a 30g sump and im using B-Ionic Alk
thats what i thought i just dont know how to break it up into increments, like every hour or two?
using the BRS calculator at 120 total volume, i calculated how much B Ionic it would take to raise 0.1 dkh, which is 5.3 ML. As such, at 15 ml, you are going to raise your alk by roughly 0.3. I personally dont think that is enough to worry spreading it out.
okay thank you, but in the future when my corals grow and i get more how would i spread it out
There are two schools of thought.
so for reference 15/4 is 3.75. so i would dose 3.75 4 times a day at every 6 hours?
I think that is a really safe amount to dose. You shouldnt notice any spike at all at those levels.
so if i were to do it now 3.75, four times a day every 6 hours would be okay?
Yes. As i said, I would think you would be ok all at once at this low level of alkalinty dosing. As such, cutting that amount in quarters and dosing every 6 hours is very safe in my opinion.
sounds good, thank you so much!Yes. As i said, I would think you would be ok all at once at this low level of alkalinty dosing. As such, cutting that amount in quarters and dosing every 6 hours is very safe in my opinion.
I would ask you a more important question...do you actually know the consumption rate of your tank? If you didnt dose for 2 days..what would your dkh drop? Are you trying to match your dosing with the consumption or did you arbitrarily choose 15ml?
yes i test everyday, my tank consumes roughly .3-.4 alk every 24 hrs
