What time to dose all for reef

[blakeu21]

So I want to start dosing all for reef in my water box 110 mixed reef that is lps dominant. I got a brs 1.1ml dosing pump and I have an apex system to control it. I was wondering what time should I be dosing from? Should I dose 24/7 or only when the lights are on? Also should I dose hourly or every 2 hours? I know that the answer is probably going to be depends on your tank but if you have any tips it would be much appreciated.

 

[Cichlid Dad]

In my 100 gallon system I dose 2 times a day a total of 16 ml with my doser, tank is fine, if I had a different doser I would choose to do it over a 24 hour cycle.

 

[blakeu21]

In my 100 gallon system I dose 2 times a day a total of 16 ml with my doser, tank is fine, if I had a different doser I would choose to do it over a 24 hour cycle.

Thanks this really helps

 

[Kzang]

So I want to start dosing all for reef in my water box 110 mixed reef that is lps dominant. I got a brs 1.1ml dosing pump and I have an apex system to control it. I was wondering what time should I be dosing from? Should I dose 24/7 or only when the lights are on? Also should I dose hourly or every 2 hours? I know that the answer is probably going to be depends on your tank but if you have any tips it would be much appreciated.

So I want to start dosing all for reef in my water box 110 mixed reef that is lps dominant. I got a brs 1.1ml dosing pump and I have an apex system to control it. I was wondering what time should I be dosing from? Should I dose 24/7 or only when the lights are on? Also should I dose hourly or every 2 hours? I know that the answer is probably going to be depends on your tank but if you have any tips it would be much appreciated.

I’m getting back into dosing after a calx reactor. I used to dose alkalinity during the day and calcium at night. Now I have a Ghl doser, I dose every hour with alk, and do calcium with 6 doses at night.

If you can, the more often you dose, the better it will be. But if you don’t have a full packed spa tank, bigger fewer doses will be fine.

 

[blakeu21]

I’m getting back into dosing after a calx reactor. I used to dose alkalinity during the day and calcium at night. Now I have a Ghl doser, I dose every hour with alk, and do calcium with 6 doses at night.

If you can, the more often you dose, the better it will be. But if you don’t have a full packed spa tank, bigger fewer doses will be fine.

I want to dose all for reef just to keep it simple but I don’t just did not know if like my tank consumes more in the day then at night and then I would have higher levels at night and not know about it

 

[Kzang]

I want to dose all for reef just to keep it simple but I don’t just did not know if like my tank consumes more in the day then at night and then I would have higher levels at night and not know about it

The corals uptake alkalinity and calcium 24/7, but a majority of it is during photo period.

Like right now I’m dosing 0.5 alk every hour. My alk goes down a little bit during the photo period, and during the night, it goes slightly up, so it basically evens out

 

[crazyfishmom]

So I want to start dosing all for reef in my water box 110 mixed reef that is lps dominant. I got a brs 1.1ml dosing pump and I have an apex system to control it. I was wondering what time should I be dosing from? Should I dose 24/7 or only when the lights are on? Also should I dose hourly or every 2 hours? I know that the answer is probably going to be depends on your tank but if you have any tips it would be much appreciated.

All for reef works a little differently that traditional two part dosing in that it uses calcium formate and it is released over time as bacteria break it down. I dose all at once in the mornings in my 210 gallon system and my alkalinity stays spot on between 9.0-9.2 in a 24 hrs period as measured by my trident. There may be a benefit to continued dosing during the day but calcium formate should not be stripped in our filtration systems, at least not significantly enough where multiple small doses might help. Just my two cents! Good luck, I absolutely love this product!

 

[blakeu21]

All for reef works a little differently that traditional two part dosing in that it uses calcium formate and it is released over time as bacteria break it down. I dose all at once in the mornings in my 210 gallon system and my alkalinity stays spot on between 9.0-9.2 in a 24 hrs period as measured by my trident. There may be a benefit to continued dosing during the day but calcium formate should not be stripped in our filtration systems, at least not significantly enough where multiple small doses might help. Just my two cents! Good luck, I absolutely love this product!

So would you recommend auto dosing all for reef all at once in the morning?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

The time doesn't likely matter much, especially at low doses but I'd dose it in the AM.

Two reasons are will have a very small O2 and pH lowering effect in the hours after it is dosed, and alk will show up over a period of time after dosing, while alk is most often consumed more during the daytime.

 

[crazyfishmom]

So would you recommend auto dosing all for reef all at once in the morning?

I would. It is released slowly as bacteria process the calcium formate and this ensures stability during the photo period when consumption is highest.