Hi,
I'm not exactly new to reefing, but recently went on a shopping spree and bought many very nice LPS corals - and suddenly my tank is consuming >3dkH per day! still trying to figure out exactly how much. I will be traveling for work for 3+ weeks in June and I am afraid the tank will crash for sure without dosers, I was fortunately testing daily so I caught alkalinity fall.
I currently have two RSM250 with one Seneye monitor (which cannot control anything). I the next 1-2 years I was thinking of upgrading to Red Sea reefer 525 or bigger, at which point I would buy Apex controller. But look like I need to automate dosing asap and I am rather lost among all the equipment available.
I was reading on a reef chemistry forum, to buy a doser capable of dosing 4 things at once (which Triton also recommends), since soon after starting dosing Alk, you need Ca, Mg etc. I was also thinking about automating water changes. At the moment I do not even have an auto-top off - was just planning to buy one. Or can ATO be somehow combined with a controller/doser for cost saving?
I am looking for help to invest in an equipment that will be useful long term and capable of handling growing needs of my reef. I am not done buying corals and hope to upgrade to a bigger tank in 1-2 years.
Should I just buy a stand-alone doser? if so, which? or start with a controller with dosing pump being its module?
In addition to alk, which is swinging wildly now and I need to automate asap, I want also to automate top off and ideally water changes. I am also considering Triton method an/or dosing, so ideally would like an option to dose up to 4 solutions. What is the price difference between doser with 1 and 4 pumps?
All advice welcome, I was only researching ATO recently, in a panic mode about dosing Alk now. Today I worked from home to monitor alk, but not a viable long-term solution, of course
I'm not exactly new to reefing, but recently went on a shopping spree and bought many very nice LPS corals - and suddenly my tank is consuming >3dkH per day! still trying to figure out exactly how much. I will be traveling for work for 3+ weeks in June and I am afraid the tank will crash for sure without dosers, I was fortunately testing daily so I caught alkalinity fall.
I currently have two RSM250 with one Seneye monitor (which cannot control anything). I the next 1-2 years I was thinking of upgrading to Red Sea reefer 525 or bigger, at which point I would buy Apex controller. But look like I need to automate dosing asap and I am rather lost among all the equipment available.
I was reading on a reef chemistry forum, to buy a doser capable of dosing 4 things at once (which Triton also recommends), since soon after starting dosing Alk, you need Ca, Mg etc. I was also thinking about automating water changes. At the moment I do not even have an auto-top off - was just planning to buy one. Or can ATO be somehow combined with a controller/doser for cost saving?
I am looking for help to invest in an equipment that will be useful long term and capable of handling growing needs of my reef. I am not done buying corals and hope to upgrade to a bigger tank in 1-2 years.
Should I just buy a stand-alone doser? if so, which? or start with a controller with dosing pump being its module?
In addition to alk, which is swinging wildly now and I need to automate asap, I want also to automate top off and ideally water changes. I am also considering Triton method an/or dosing, so ideally would like an option to dose up to 4 solutions. What is the price difference between doser with 1 and 4 pumps?
All advice welcome, I was only researching ATO recently, in a panic mode about dosing Alk now. Today I worked from home to monitor alk, but not a viable long-term solution, of course
