Alk question. Please look.

[tagraham]

Does anyone know if alk is consumed evenly throughout a 24 hour period or does it peak at different times over the day. Reason I'm asking is I have a small tank so my alk is consumed fast to the point of from 9.5 to about 7.6 right befor the doser comes on at 8 pm. I was wondering If I cold do half the dose at 8am and half at 8 pm to keep the swing down.

 

[Acronic]

I dont know for sure but i would assume it varies. If a coral gets stressed it focuses its energy on recuperating instead of growing. Also if you scrape coraline off glass that would reduce consumption ect. Just food for though.

 

[xenon]

It does vary for sure.

I was pulling my hair out trying to adjust my dosing pump when testing 3x per day.

It was much easier to dial in when testing every 24hrs.

 

[tagraham]

I'm good at 24 hours. Just seeing if I could space it out. Also I keep glass free of coraline. My sps are doing fine just trying to stable things up. I have had them for about 3 weeks my green cap is brown and my Bali green as well but my acro (unknown) is just fine

 

[Acronic]

Sry i understand your question now, it is best practice to dose less, as often as possible over a 24 period. Most people dose every hour.

 

[tagraham]

Oh so say I require 7 ml per day just devise that be 24 so like 1 ml every 3 hours?

 

[tagraham]

Minus the last 3 hous of the day

 

[captjab]

Yep, that would be ideal.

 

[Acronic]

Exactly. This way it reduces the stress of a large influx of alk and also has less impact on PH

 

[tagraham]

Thanks guys

 

[JAustin]

If your dosing via dosing pump try dosing every hour at night. Will keep your ph up and provide the alk needed.