How should I dose AquaForest for nano tank?

[awokenreefboy]

Hey everyone.

So I just started dosing AF’s line. Currently I’m using Pro Bio S, NP Pro, and some of their coral additives.

My question I hope yall can help me with is how should I be dosing these for my 10g tank (~7g true volume)? On each bottle it says 1 drop per 27 gallons and they recommend dosing 1/2 or even 1/4 dose - how should I do this? For now I’ve just been dosing every other day, but I think I might switch to every 5 days. (My reasoning is that 27 gallons divided by my 7 gallons equals about 4 so if I dose every 4 days that would equate to dosing every day?).

I’d rather not have to pull out water, and dilute every time, but if that’s the only way, would it be possible to just dilute the whole bottle and save it that way?

Thanks in advance!

 

[KrisReef]

Dilute the product in RODI 1:3 and add 1.

 

[awokenreefboy]

Dilute the product in RODI 1:3 and add 1.

I’ve heard with AquaForest products you cannot dilute with RODI? Is this true?

Can you dilute even the Pro Bio S with RODI?

I guess I should be more specific. I’m using Pro Bio S, NP Pro, aminos, vitality, build, and energy. So I can dilute all of those in RODI?

Thanks for your help!

 

[awokenreefboy]

Bump. No one uses AF in a nano??

 

[pooootiqe]

Not using Aquaforest currently (although still has a bottle of NP pro in the fridge) but for Zeovit system people would dilute the carbon source in boiled RO water and hook it up to a dosing pump.

If you were to dilute them though, it would be best to use boiled RO water as well, and prep only a few weeks worth of additives in case of contamination.

Last option is using a 10uL micropipette like this one:

Amazon product ASIN B006E55KM8
Each drop is 50uL from a dropper bottle, so you can dose 10uL of each every day. You'd need 10uL tips as well but they are pretty cheap (amazon has 1000 for $14). Is it gonna be a pain in the butt? Definitely!

 

[awokenreefboy]

Not using Aquaforest currently (although still has a bottle of NP pro in the fridge) but for Zeovit system people would dilute the carbon source in boiled RO water and hook it up to a dosing pump.

If you were to dilute them though, it would be best to use boiled RO water as well, and prep only a few weeks worth of additives in case of contamination.

Last option is using a 10uL micropipette like this one:

Amazon product ASIN B006E55KM8
Each drop is 50uL from a dropper bottle, so you can dose 10uL of each every day. You'd need 10uL tips as well but they are pretty cheap (amazon has 1000 for $14). Is it gonna be a pain in the butt? Definitely!

That’s what I was thinking. I actually do have a micropipette. I guess I’ll just do this.

 

[pooootiqe]

As a grad student I personally prefer not having to use pipettes outside the lab, lol