Dosing

[sunlooper]

Should I be dosing my 14 gallon reef tank if all I do is use TM Pro Reef Sea Salt?

 

[sunlooper]

If I can dose: what should I be dosing?

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

you need to test your water to know if you need to dose. You to know how much elements your corals consume. Does your alk decrease over the week? By how much?

Sometimes water changes is sufficient to maintain the parameters, and sometimes you need to dose, but it all starts with testing frequently (with a good quality test kit) and understanding your water make up, understanding how much elements are consumed by your system.

 

[Calmwaters]

Should I be dosing my 14 gallon reef tank if all I do is use TM Pro Reef Sea Salt?

What type of corals you have might be helpful.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Are you doing water changes?

 

[chazman113]

I guess it also should be asked if you are happy with overall health if your tank with just water changes. It's definitely the simplest option. If you are dosing things and not testing for the parameters you are dosing for, probably not a good idea.

 

[Dom]

Deciding if dosing is necessary in your tank will be based on your water chemistry results. With these results, you can calculate your rate of consumption. Without this, you can't know how much to add back in to the tank.

We dose a tank because the consumption of elements by the tank exceeds what can be replenished in weekly water changes.

In a 14 gallon tank, faithful weekly water changes should be enough to replenish what is being consumed by the tank.

In my view, dosing is unnecessary in your tank.