Dosing a 24g nano

[kidkaos520]

Anyone wanna school me on dosing techniques for a mixed reef of this size right now I dose mag alk cal every three days or so. Is this sufficient

 

[zrogst]

What kind of stocking do you have? For a reef that small, I would primarily rely on frequent weekly or twice-weekly water changes with a good salt (red sea coral pro.) If you really have to dose, kalkwasser in your ATO is the most affordable option. Dosing liquid 2-part is probably the easiest.

 

[kidkaos520]

Right now I have a bunch of chalices couple of rics torch frogspwan zoas 3 sps and a couple other misc. I would say Im heavier on the LPS side right now

 

[zrogst]

Only advice I can give is to test. Like I said, you might not even need to be dosing. If you DO need to, tieing it into your ATO is very cost effective.

 

[lostmyz]

You need to test your water for Ca, Alk and Mg for about a week and see how much you decrease over the week. Divide it by 7 and thats how much you need to dose a day. Than you can do 1 of 2 things....

1) get a doser like a BM T01 that will dose a specific amount at a specific time
2) you can get a regular doser and a timer and see how long it takes to dose the amount you need each day.

 

[Tschupe]

You shouldn't need to dose mag

 

[lostmyz]

You shouldnt need to Dose Mag but depending on what dosing stuff you use such as BRS 2 part it is recommended. Most likely you won't ever really have to do it.

 

[kidkaos520]

I check for a week after the water change right??? Or do it like a day after

 

[lostmyz]

1) You do a water change
2) The next day check your levels
3) Wait 7 days and check your levels again
4) See how much they dropped and divide by 7 for an average dose/day
5) Set up a system for dosing

You can get a BubbleMagus BM-T01 triple doser off ebay. There is a guy who sells them in bulk he has a "Make Me an Offer" I got mine for $210 shipped