LPS and Dosing

[m0nkie]

great information
I think i will go with 2 part dosing , its better and safer
also them MAG and ALK needs to be dosed separately and different times right ?

Different containers, different timing. My doser dose them 5min apart. for me, water change replenish calcium and alkalinity, but lower magnesium. So i dose alk and cal on a daily basis. hand dose magnesium after each water change to bring it back

 

[Reef Bass]

A couple clarifications.

Carbon will absorb all it can absorb and then start releasing

Yes carbon will absorb until it can hold no more but then it's functionally inert and won't release back into the tank.

GFO is used to absorb nutrients in your tank. It will prevent algae growth. It helps lower nitrate. Using too much GFO may lower nitrate too fast, thus hurting the corals (parameter change too fast).

GFO is a phosphate binder and does not directly impact nitrate. See Randy Holmes-Farley's article:

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-11/rhf/

 

[Rybren]

. Kalkwasser is extremely hard on pumps. Expect to burn through peristaltic tubing or aqualifter pumps like crazy. I would get about 6 months life out of an ato pump before needing a new one. With 2-part, my peristaltic pumps are 1.5 years old now and work like the day I got them.

Strange. I'm on my 6th year with an aqualifter on my kalk laden ATO. I don't use a pre-filter and I don't suck the crud from the bottom of my ATO container. I do, however, run warm RO/DI and sometimes vinegar through it every 3-6 months (or whenever I get around to it)

I wonder why you've had so much trouble with them?

 

[Bpb]

Who knows! That's been my experience though. I even mixed it always in a separate container and only used the clear fluid in the ato bucket as well.