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Tank looks great, it’s those big montis, they grow so fast and they just hoover up Alk like it’s going out of fashion...I’ve pulled about 2/3rds of a 5 gallonbucket of ORA German blue digi out before, pulled an enormous red monti cap (which is almost completely grown back). Almost every coral in the tank is already encrusted next to it’s neighbor and is warring with each other. The WWC slimeball anacropora is bigger than a basketball now. Everything in this tank was a frag, just FYI, no colonies were put in here.
To top it all off, the consumption rate is still steadily increasing and every few weeks I have to up the dosage! Lol
Tank looks great, it’s those big montis, they grow so fast and they just hoover up Alk like it’s going out of fashion...
Do you mean dose? or using the Apex DOS. The pump I have allows 9999 ml/day (of each solution) - now that would be a lotI was 2 Part dosing, my demands of my SPS called for more then I could DOS, and my numbers would fluctuate. No I use a calcium reactor, and number are stable and growth is terrific.
1. How much are you dosing daily?
a) alkalinity - 45.6ml and calcium - 50.6ml (slowly increases with time)
2. How much water volume do you have?
a) 74 gallons
3. What is your target DKH and Calcium?
a) alkalinity - 6.5-7.0 dKh and calcium - 425ppm
4. How heavily is your tank stocked with SPS coral?
a) Acropora dominant tank but most are small frags with a couple "colonies" (largest measuring 10" across so they're all relatively small)
5. What are the biggest pros and cons you have found with two part dosing?
a) I haven't run into any cons yet but do wonder if the two-part can become cost prohibitive in this size of a tank at some point.
Nice tank - the actual chemicals (in 2 part) are fairly cheap - unless you are using some proprietary formula - or am I wrong - I dont use much now.
Two Part Calcium and Alkalinity Questions for those of you who dose!
1. How much are you dosing daily? 90ml
2. How much water volume do you have?
Approximately 130 gallon total
3. What is your target DKH and Calcium? 7 to 9alk
4. How heavily is your tank stocked with SPS coral?
Everything is sps
5. What are the biggest pros and cons you have found with two part dosing?
Pro- simple, easy to use, fairly straight forward with less hassle and devices
Con- I hate having to mix the B-Ionic 5 gallon. Need to adjust every 2 weeks or so. Costly due to heavy consumption, but took out all live rock to reduce coraline and usage. At one point i was dosing 175ml due to lots of coraline build up. I also feel like I'm missing some natural trace elements that a CalReactor can provide. You can get lazy and forget to check your parameters and re-adjust.